(a loanword from Spanish)
an original; especially, the original document
ytech moquixti yn original ytestamento don julian de la rosa (Tlaxcala, 1566)
"Inin quaderno amoxtli itech neztoc tlilancoc inin ixiuatlapualtzi in totecuiyo Dios inic ó mochiuhchtaya initech in cahuitl in huehetixtlamaque ipan inin Nueva España. In quenami neztoc inipan original zanyuhqui inic oniquiixcopin nehuatl Marcel de Zalazar, etc." = "In this book appears written this year count of our Lord God how it is shown what happened in the time of the old wise ones here in New Spain. As it appeared in the original, thus I, Marcelo de Salazar, etc., copied it." (Bartolache Annals, 1454–1737)
yhuan ytech quitlaliz yn tlaneltiliztli ymixpa yn original mamocuepiliz yn omotemneuh notlatzin. = y en él ponga certificacíon y el original sea devuelto a mi tío mencionado. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)