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almártiga.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
almártiga.
Principal English Translation: 

horse-riding apparatus (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

silla xinete yca coxinillo sin estribus yhuan Almardiga mopiya sin freno [S. Francisco Analcotitlan (Jalisco?), 1652]
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 8.

ce silla xineta yca coxinillo yhuan almartiga yca mochi Reata [S. Francisco Analcotitlan (Jalisco?), 1652]
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 8.

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