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to borrow or rent something
to lend oneself to someone, to be in their presence
and see additional meanings in Molina and our additional entry for tlanehuia
otictlane tomi = we borrowed money (San Miguel Totocuitlapilco, Toluca Valley, 1652)
in oqujmotlanevi in atl in tepetl, in oqujtemjc, in oqujcochitleuh = The city borrowed him; [it seemed that] it dreamed of him, it saw him in dreams (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
ynin quitlanehuizque yn tequitque quixtlauhtazque ycecenxiuhtica onpohualli onmatlactli pesos = éstas se han de alquilar; los terrazgueros que han de pagar e[n] cada un año cincuenta pesos (Xochimilco, 1650)
huel huey tlalli centzonmecatl auh matlactin yn quitequichihua tequitque auh quixtlahuazque yn tlalaneyoni cenpohualli onmatlactli pesos = un pedazo de tiera grande de cuatrocient[os] mecates, que las benefician diez personas terrazgueros, y han de pagar en arrendamiento de ellas treinta pesos (Xochimilco, 1650)
çan caxtolxiuhtica omey yca yn quimotlanehui tlatocayotl = sólo durante dieciocho años tuvo prestado el señorio [tlahtocayotl] (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)