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(a loanword from Spanish)
plow; also, in the plural, bars, grille work
(a loanword from Spanish)
in san Franco. ihcuac no mochalli omoman yn omotlapallicuillo yancuic rrejas tepoztli, yn oncan callihtic capilla mayor, españa hualla cenca mahuiztic ynic oquitlapallicuilloque xoxoctic. yhuan cequi coztic. cequi yca coztic teocuitlatl = at San Francisco, and also when the new painted iron grill inside, in the main chapel, was set up and inaugurated; it came from Spain, very splendidly painted, green and some of it yellow, and some with gold (central Mexico, 1615)
monamacaz ze Reja yancuic = a new ploughshare will be sold (Saltillo, 1682)
After a convent was vacated and the nuns went elsewhere to live in 1686, the people of Tlaxcala took the building apart, including taking away the "regas" (i.e. rejas, bars). (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
tlecoc re[j]as tepozhuetana = se subieron las rejas de las ventanas de hierro (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
quixitinique regas = desbarataron las rejas (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
yhua rejas nauhtetl ohotetl cona[na]zque niquimaca = y las rejas, que son cuatro, dos ha de coger cada uno (Amecameca, 1625)
se yota boeyes yhuan ome rexas conanas macos = una yunta de bueyes y dos rejas, que las coja, que se le den. (San Marcos Tlayacac, Morelos, "1546"; no earlier than 1666)