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tepepenaliztli.

Headword: 
tepepenaliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of choosing or electing someone (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
teːpehpenɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tepepenaliztli. election o escogimiento del que es elegido y escogido de otros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 102v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Politics, Power, Governance