to oblige oneself to do something; to ambush one's enemies (see Molina)
a free person (a metaphor) (see Molina)
a free woman, who is no longer a slave (a metaphor) (see Molina)
the act of cutting something (see Molina)
saw, scissors, cutting instrument (see Karttunen)
one who brings shame and affliction to others (see Molina)
he or she who brings embarrassment and affliction to others (see Molina)
giving pain/embarrassment and affliction to others (see Molina)
the act of giving embarrassment, shame, pain, or affliction to others (see Molina)
the affliction and anguish of others (see Molina)
to work or to build something for someone else (see Molina)
worker, servant (see Molina and Karttunen)
to work
a worker, one who does service labor (see Molina)
through working, or building something (see Molina)
service, labor, work; the act of working on some project
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 238.
something labored upon; or having toiled on something when it was made (see Molina)