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a pregnant woman (see Molina and Karttunen)
auh in oqujttaque in centzonvitznaoa in jnnan ie otztli, cenca qualanque = And when the Centzonuitznaua saw that their mother was already with child, they were very wrathful (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Cuix otimopayti in iquac totztli in ipampa timotlatlaxiliz, in huetziz moconeuh? = Did you take some medicine when you were pregnant in order to abort the baby, your child falling [stillborn]?
Auh in ootzti, momexaiacatiaia, inmemexaiac quicuia, yoan cuezcomac quintlaliaia: ipampa mauhcaittoia = And women with child put on masks of maguey leaves and took up their maguey-leaf masks. [They] placed [the women] in granaries, for they were looked upon with fear. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
vncan mjtoa: in tlein qujchioaia, in njcan tlaca, in jquac ie otztli imjchpuch, injc qujtemachitiaia = Here is told that which the natives did to inform their daughter when already she was pregnant (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Niman ivicpa mocuepa in tlatlatlauhtianj: in oitlacauh, in ie otztli = Then the orator turned to the one who had conceived, the one already pregnant (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
qujtlatlauhtiaia in otztli [...] injc mopiaz in ma itla ic oli, in omotlali piltzintli: muchi qujttitiaia in tecoco injc netlaolinjlo = they exhorted the pregnant one [...] to guard herself that nothing abort the conceived baby. They made her see all the ills by which abortion might result (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
qujpachoa in ijti in otztli = she massaged the pregnant woman's abdomen (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Cuix otimopayti in iquac totztli in ipampa timotlatlaxiliz, in huetziz moconeuh? = Tomaste algun veuediso estando preñada, para echar la criatura.