cuitlapilli ahtlapalli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• cuitlapilli atlapalli

Etymology

Literally "tail (and) wing".

Noun

cuitlapilli ahtlapalli

1. Commoners; subjects.
   • 1524, Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana

     Iuh, totecuyoané, ma itla anquinchihualtihtin in amocuitlapiltzin, in amatlapaltzin, ...

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References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 554.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 211, 216.