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icpalpan petlapan nica.

Headword: 
icpalpan petlapan nica.
Principal English Translation: 

to be in charge of ruling and governing (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

icpalpan petlapan nica. (pret. ycpalpan petlapan onicatca.) tener cargo de regir y gouernar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 33v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Politics, Power, Governance