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in hock
(a loanword from Spanish)
quitlalia prenda = he places it in hock (Coyoacan, 1654)
quimopielia prenda = has it in hock (Santa María Nativitas, Toluca Valley, 1737)
Dabila ypan ypan caxtoli de agosto yacuican nezqui yacuic mochiuh totlaçomahuiznatzin Santa Maria Azsopçio altepetl yhuan hocçepa hocan yacuican nezqui yn imatotzin preda catca Mexico yca otzotl pesos quipretarotehuac huehuetzin don Gregorio Nazciaçeno catca = El quince de agosto otra vez mostró, otra vez se hizo [fiesta] del altepetl a nuestra amada madre Santa María Asunción. Y allí nuevamente apareció su manto, el que estaba en prenda en México, por ochocientos pesos; lo dejó dado en prenda el anciano don Gregorio Nacianceno, difunto. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)