altepetenamitl

From āltepētl (“town, city”) +‎ tenāmitl (“wall”).

• IPA^(key): /aːɬtepeːteˈnaːmit͡ɬ/

āltepētenāmitl (inanimate)

1. The walls of a city or town.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 178v:

     Muro de cibdad o villa. altepetenamitl.
     (Wall of a city or town. altepetenamitl.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 87v. col. 2:

     Muro de ciudad o devilla. altepetenamitl.
     (Wall of a city or town. altepetenamitl.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 205
• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 87