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altepeyotl.
Headword:
altepeyotl.
Principal English Translation:
things relating to the altepetl, socio-political unit, town, city-state (see attestations)
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
yn tlatocayotl ytech otiquiz yn mitzcahuilitia in motta yn mocol aocmo tiquitta yn tlahuicaliztli yn altepeyotl yn altepepializtli in tlapacholiztli / fiscal P[edr]o de San Nicolas = procedes del señorío, te lo heredó tu padre, tu abuelo; ya no entiendes en conducir lo del altepetl: el cuidar el pueblo [altepepializtli], el gobierno [tlapacholiztli]. Fiscal Pedro de San Nicolás. (ca. 1582, México)