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(a loanword from Spanish)
purgatory
Ca yexcan in motetlalilia in Dios, Purgatorio, Limbo, Infierno = God puts people into three places; purgatory, limbo, and hell.
yn cofradia yntech pohui yn animasme purgatorio tetlechipahualloyan moyetzticate. = The cofradía dedicated to the Souls of Purgatory, where people are purified by fire, (central Mexico, 1612)
momaquixtia. yn ōpa cate Purgatorio = those over there in purgatory will save themselves
ao onpa huecahoaz purgo (Xochimilco, 1572)
ipalehuiloca ynic amo ompa huecahuaz porgatorio ce vigilia yhuan ce tetl missa = so that it not be for a long time in purgatory, a vigil and a mass (Saltillo, 1627)
Ca yexcan in motetlalilia in Dios, Purgatorio, Limbo, Infierno = A tres lugares embia Dios las almas que van deste mundo al Purgatorio, Limbo, ò Infierno:
animas forcadorio misa = misas a las ánimas del purgatorio (Amecameca, 1625)
ynic amo opa huecahuas porcatorio nechipahualoya ynanima = para que no se tarde allá [en] el purgatorio mi alma (San Salvador Tlalnepantla, 1618)
purgatorio techipahualoya = el purgatorio a donde purgan (Xochimilo, 1602)
ynic ahmo unpa nihuecahuaz purgatorio yn tle itla huentzintli quicallaquizque teopan = para no tardarme en el purgatorio, y den limosna y la metan en la iglesia (Tulancingo, 1572)
amo ompa huecauaz purgatorio = no pene mucho tiempo en el purgatorio (Ciudad de México, 1580)