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altepenahuatilli.

Headword: 
altepenahuatilli.
Principal English Translation: 

the rules or ordinances of the town

Orthographic Variants: 
altepenauatilli
IPAspelling: 
ɑːltepeːnɑːwɑtiːlli
Alonso de Molina: 

altepenauatilli. ordenanzas de pueblo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Legal Matters, Documents
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods