(a loanword from Spanish)
measles, a disease for which people of the Americas had no immunity prior to the arrival of Europeans, so it could be very deadly (see attestations)
Auh no ihcuac yn. ocehuico yn cocoliztli ҫahuatl motenehua saranpio = At the same time the sickness of pox called measles abated (central Mexico, 1615)
Acatl xihuitl 1615. años. yn ipan yn ipehuayan in omoteneuh yancuic xihuitl yhuan metztli henero. yhcuac cenca chicahuac. omomanaco ҫahuatl motenehua saranpio, yntech motlalli yn inpilhuan españoles, yhuan timacehualtin topilhuan (central Mexico, 1614–1615)
Sanno yquac peuhqui saranpio miec yc Omomiquilli = At this same time the measles began, of which many died
yn momanaco Cocoliztli çahuatl Salanbio = an epidemic of measles broke out (early seventeenth century, central New Spain)
omochiuh sãranpio miec yn omomiquili ypã otubre = in October, measles broke out, of which many died
"1693. Calxihuitl niman huala zahuatl sarampion mochi tlacatl ozahuatic miec omomiquili (p. 764)" = "1693. House year. Then a pox, the measles, broke out. Many people got the pox; a lot of them died." (Anales de Puebla y Tlaxcala, no. 1, part 2, 1519–1697)
Nican ipan xihuitl ocèpayauh ipan màtlactli tonali Enero. Za nó iquac opeuhqui Sarampio miec ic omomiquilì quê = En este año cayó nevada, a diez de Enero. En el mismo año comenzó el sarampión, de que murieron muchos (Puebla, 1797)