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cuappatoliztli.

Headword: 
cuappatoliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of playing chess (see Molina); does this word contain patolli? might this term refer to a wooden board game that is not necessarily only chess?

Orthographic Variants: 
quappatoliztli, quapatoliztli, cuapatoliztli
Alonso de Molina: 

quappatoliztli. el acto de jugar al axedrez.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 85r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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