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altepecuaxochquetza.

Headword: 
altepecuaxochquetza.
Principal English Translation: 

to put landmarks around the boundaries of the pueblo, to set up the boundaries (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
altepequaxochquetza
Alonso de Molina: 

altepequaxochquetza. n. (pret. onaltepequaxochquetz.) amojonar los terminos del 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.

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