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(a loanword from Spanish)
a well, or a pit
(central Mexico, 1615)
ce macehualli Mexicacihuatl yconeuh quin cexiuhtia piltzintli ipan tlaco xihuitl quipia yn ohuetzca poҫoco yn aolhuaztonco. in piltzintli oquichtontli, auh oncan tlamahuiҫoltica oquimopalehuilli oquimozcalili in S. Nicolas de Tolentino, ҫa yuh moztla ilhuitzin auh yn omoteneuh piltzintli ca huel micca ca oMe hora ihuan tlaco hora in mictoca = the child of a Mexica commoner woman here, an infant just a year and a half old, a little boy, had fallen into a small well, and by a miracle San Nicolás de Tolentino helped and revived him on the eve of his feast day. The said child had really died, for he lay dead for two and a half hours until the said saint revived him (central Mexico, 1615)