lime (from burned or slaked limestone) (see Molina and Karttunen); this is a compound of te- (from tetl) and nextli (ashes), which fairly clearly points to burned stone, in this case limestone, called cal in Spanish, and used in construction (for stucco) and for making tortillas; this may be the root for nixtamal, but see nextli
lieutenant, deputy; in Tlaxcala, a law officer in outlying districts outranking a constable (alguacil) or merino
(a loanword from Spanish)
The Tlaxcalan Actas: A Compendium of the Records of the Cabildo of Tlaxcala (1545-1627), eds. James Lockhart, Frances Berdan, and Arthur J.O. Anderson (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1986), 154.