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chancuemitl.

Headword: 
chancuemitl.
Principal English Translation: 

land associated with the household and family (used in Ocotelulco, for example)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

ayac acah quitlahtoliuiz ypanpan tochancuen = nadien le perjudique porque es tierra de nuestra casa
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos indígenas novohispanos, vol. 1, Testamentos en castellano del siglo XVI y en náhuatl y castellano de Ocotelulco de los siglos XVI y XVII, eds. Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Elsa Leticia Rea López, y Constantino Medina Lima (Mexico: CIESAS, 1999), 268-269.

See also: 
chantli.
cuemitl.