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the elders, seniors, old people (see attestations)
Often found in addition to or instead of tlaxilacalque on wills, sales and acts of possession
in jtlan onoque, in qujpia piltzintli, in vevetque, in jlamatque = those in charge of the baby, those who watched over it, the old men, the old women (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
in vevetque yn ya epovalxiuhtica = los ancianos, los que ya tienen sesenta años (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)
ancianos, personas experimentadas (ca. 1582, México)