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, ...

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.
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