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motocayotia.

Headword: 
motocayotia.
Principal English Translation: 

to sign, affix a signature (literally, give oneself a name)

Attestations from sources in English: 

motocayotia. he is called, he is known as; he is named; he is given the name; it is called; it is named; it is given the name; it was named; it was called; she is named; they are called; they are named; they call themselves.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

darse un nombre llegó a usarse como sinónimo de mofirmatia, por firmar.
Al mismo tiempo que entraban a la lengua nahua palabras castellanas en préstamo, muchas palabras nahuas experimentaron una extensión de sentido para adecuarse a los cambios institucionales que experimentaba el pueblo.
Thelma Sullivan, Documentos tlaxcaltecas del siglo XVI en lengua náhuatl (Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1987), 36.

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