a neighborhood or district of the city (see Molina); Molina says a "village" of the city; literally, the hands and feet of the altepetl
Orthographic Variants:
ima ycxi in altepetl, v
Alonso de Molina:
ima ycxi yn altepetl. aldea dela ciudad, o barrio. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 37v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.