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altepetlatquitl.

Headword: 
altepetlatquitl.
Principal English Translation: 

property pertaining to the altepetl, to the pueblo (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
altepetlatquitli
IPAspelling: 
ɑːltepeːtɬɑtkitɬ
Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

altepetlatquitli = propiedad del pueblo
Xavier Noguez, Códice Techialoyan de San Pedro Tototepec (Estado de México), México, El Colegio Mexiquense A.C. y Gobierno del Estado de México, 1999), 42.

altepetlatquitzintli = bienes del pueblo (Coyoacan, "1582" [1687?])
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos indígenas novohispanos, vol. 2, Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVI, eds., Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Elsa Leticia Rea López, Constantino Medina Lima (Mexico: Consejo Nacional de Ciencias Tecnología, 1999), 254–255.

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