tlalli

It is also called "tlalli," but that is the general name for soil or ground.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

It was not the right of tenancy which authorizes the improvement, but the fact of improvement for a certain purpose and benefit, which secured the possession or tenancy.] [Relocated Footnote 13: From "tlalli" soil, and "maitl" hand.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

Chimalli xochitl in cuepontimani in mahuiztli moteca molinia in tlalli

Reinventing the Aztecs - part two Mexican history 2008

Chimalli xochitl in cuepontimani in mahuiztli moteca molinia in tlalli

Reinventing the Aztecs - part two Mexican history 2008

Coatepec tequiua, tepetitla moxayaual teueuel aya quinelli moquichtiuiui tlalli cuecuechiuia aqui moxayaual teueuella.

Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868

While the crops raised on the 'teepan-tlalli,' as well as on the

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

Now calpulalli (from "calpulli," quarter or kinship, and "tlalli," soil), means soil of the kin, and altepetalli ( "altepetl," tribe), soil of the tribe.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

'tlatoca-tlalli,' were consumed exclusively by the official houses and households of the tribe, the soil itself which produced these crops was neither claimed nor possessed by the chiefs themselves or their descendants.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

"The first was the 'teepan-tlalli,' land of the house of the community, whose crops were applied to the sustenance of such as employed themselves in the construction, ornamentation, and repairs of the public house.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

"The second class was called 'tlatoca-tlalli,' land of the speakers.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849