an obligation; a law or a constitution; or, a rule (in music)
ynin cenavatil ynin necentlaliliz, Ticcentlalia ynyn Cofradia = this one command, this accord. We convene this cofradía. (Tula, 1570)
intonenununtzal intonavatil = our accord, our law (Tula, 1570)
Tenonotzaliztli ic momelauhacacaquiltiz in moyolcuitia, in quenin, huel ynahuatil in teyolcuitiani in huel qnipiaz, huel quitlatiz in tetlatlacol, ypampa in maçehualtin ca niman àmo yuh quimati, ypampa in mochipa, quitlatia in huehuei tlatlacoli. = Admonitory speech with which he is confessing is correctly given to understand how the confessor is very obligated to guard and hide well other people's sins, because the natives do not regard it as that way at all, wherefore they always hide the big sins.
tonahuatil, in tococol = our law
cenca vey ynavatil yn confrariasme = very great obligation of the members of the cofradía
ý tlatilanalli oqui macehu=aya noce canpa oquí cualytaya: y huan y ni n nahuatil. ynnetlaliloca, hic o hueyataque = In tlatila:nalli o:quimma:ce:huaya, noceh ca:mpa o:quicualytaya, i:hua:n in i:nnahuatil, in netla:liloca, i:c o:hueyataqueh = They peopled the territory, or where it looked good, and their law was that it could be settled if they grew.
Jn .4tlamantli ynveynahuatil yn qualtin xpiansome Confrariasme = the fourth great obligation of the good Christians who are members of the cofradia (Central Mexico, 1552)
'yn iuh ca navatilli' occepa = así está la ley otra vez (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)
Tenonotzaliztli ic momelauhacacaquiltiz in moyolcuitia, in quenin, huel ynahuatil in teyolcuitiani in huel qnipiaz, huel quitlatiz in tetlatlacol, ypampa in maçehualtin ca niman àmo yuh quimati, ypampa in mochipa, quitlatia in huehuei tlatlacoli. = Platica, con la qual se le da á entender a el Penitente, el secreto que está obligado á tener el Confessor de los pecados que se les confiessan, por tener los Naturales muy entendido lo contrario, con que siempre niegan los pecados mas enormes.
yzcatliqui tono: pluscuaperfecto quituznequi quipanui: yn nahuatili yn maestro = pluscuamperfecto significa que escapa a la regla del maestro (seventeenth-century Guatemala)