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matlapalli.

Headword: 
matlapalli.
Principal English Translation: 

wings (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mātlapalli
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtɬɑpɑlli
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀTLAPAL-LI pl: -TIN wings / ala (X) [(4)Xp. 52]. This is synonymous with AHTLAPAL-LI. See MĀ(I)-TL, TLAPAL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 139.