a deity whose name literally meant "Nose Lord;" but, the word nose lent itself to words with the meaning of leader, leading, etc., so this was a deity who was special to the vanguard merchants, who penetrated the province of Anahuac looking for trade goods (which could expand the empire) Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan, et al. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 99.
to release water from a dam; or, to be the first or in front among those who walk or those who go along in order;
or, to sharpen or make a point or tip (see Molina)
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), 241.
# El machete o cuchillo se gasta cuando una persona le da mucho uso. “Mi cuchillo se gastó muy rápido, que me trajo mi hijo ya que el solo lo ocupaba”.