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(a loanword from Spanish)
God
(a loanword from Spanish)
otimoneltolti ynic ticmotlaçotiliz. in moteouh in motlahtocatzin. in dios. moch ica moyollo. = You vowed that you would love your Diety and Ruler, with all your heart (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
This loanword is very common in colonial Nahuatl. Alva's guide to confession uses it 75 times out of 260 total loanword appearances of various kinds. The percentages of appearances of certain loans in Alva are very consistent with Chimalpahin, who also wrote in the seventeenth century.
yeititzintzin teotlaCatzintzinti personas Ca san Se huel neli teol dios = three divine persons but one very true deity God. (Santa María de la Asunción, Toluca Valley, 1762)
dios (Coyoacan, 1548)
yn to d. (Huitzilopochco, circa 1550–55?))
Teutl Tlahtohuani Dios = God, the highest ruler
in ipalnemovani yn dios .. yn dios toteo .. in toteo dios .. yn ixquichivelli in dios (Huejotzingo, 1560)
dios detantzin dios depiltzin dios espum s.ton (Chiucnauhpan, Coyoacan, 1608)
in tla nechmopol Tios = Dios me llevare (Zempoala, "1610", but probably Techialoyan -related)