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papatli.

Headword: 
papatli.
Principal English Translation: 

the long and unruly hair of a minister or priest devoted to certain divine forces or deities (a variation of papaitl); perhaps this term also came to refer to the priest who wore his hair this way (see the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs for entries for Papa, Papaitl, and papatli)

IPAspelling: 
pɑpɑhtɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

papatli. cabellos enhetrados y largos delos ministros de los idolos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 79v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Appearance
Religion (Christian)
See also: 
papaitl.