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petlapan icpalpan nica.

Headword: 
petlapan icpalpan nica.
Principal English Translation: 

to hold the office of governance, a metaphor (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
petlapan ycpalpan nica
Alonso de Molina: 

petlapan ycpalpan nica. tener officio de regir y gouernar. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 81r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles
Politics, Power, Governance