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inehuiyan.

Headword: 
inehuiyan.
Principal English Translation: 

by his/her volition, with his/her will; personally (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
inehuian
Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents inehuiyan in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

In zan inehuiyan omocalaqui in quauhtla, in zacatla yhuan in zan inehuiyan xomolli, caltechtli = Sólo de su voluntad se metió al bosque, al hierbal y por sí mismo se acercó a los rincones, a las paredes (Mexico central, s. XVI)
Huehuehtlahtolli. Testimonios de la antigua palabra, ed. Librado Silva Galeana y un estudio introductorio por Miguel León-Portilla (México: Secretaría de Educación Pública, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1991), 58–59.

"propiamente, personalmente, por propia voluntad (su);
Traducción dos: propiamente, personalmente, por propia voluntad (su);"
Diccionario: Mecayapan
Contexto: "Ayagaj itechco iga nihuetzi', nejsan nonejhuiyân. Nadie tiene la culpa de que me haya caído, mas que yo, personalmente." Fuente: 2002 Mecayapan.
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/inehuiyan/25565

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