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(a loanword from Spanish)
main altar
auh yn o iuh momiquilli. quin imoztlayoc ypã martes. ye teotlac. yvisperatzin ypan Sant. Franco tlayahualoliztica. yn quihualmoquixtilique ychantzinco. oncan quimotoquilico. yn inacayotzin yn iglesia mayor. altar mayor. yn motoquiltitoc. =“After he died, right on the next day, Tuesday, in the afternoon on the eve of [the feast day] of San Francisco, they brought him in procession out of his home [the archiepiscopal palace] and came to bury his body in the cathedral; it is at the main altar that he lies buried” (Chimalpahin 2006: 92). [annals (AHT, AP, ZM), will (TT 25); time range: 1606–1728]
yhua niquitohuan ytla OnicnomaSehuitzinno yn itlaÇomahuisMiquilitzin y notlaÇotantzin dios y noSepultura yes Can Opa Calitic teopatzintlin Artar Mayor Opa tocties yn notlalnaCayo hua. “And I say that when I have attained the precious revered death of my precious father God, my grave is to be inside the church, at the main altar; there my earthly body is to lie buried” (Pizzigoni ed. 2007: 99). [annals (AHT, AP, ZM), will (TT 25); time range: 1606–1728]