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mocalaquia.

Headword: 
mocalaquia.
Principal English Translation: 

to enter oneself in among others (see attestations in Spanish translation for an example of colonizing)

(sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 149.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

…zan imicnotlatoltzintica ynic quimotlatlauhtillique yniquintlantzinco mocallaquique ynic ynauactzinco ya monemitiya = …con palabras humildes les rogaron para que entre ellos se metieran; por esto junto a ellos ya viven. (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 125, 149.