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the sun's setting place, i.e. west, facing west (see Molina); this also appears reversed, icalquian tonatiuh
tonatiuh ycalaquiyanpa = west (the “sun’s entering” or setting place) (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
auh injc caltia, ie tonatiuh icalaqujampa itzticac in ticitl: njman vncan caltia in ticitl, in piltzintli = And to bathe it the midwife stood facing the west. Then the midwife bathed the baby there (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
auh yn chinamitl [29v] yc omotamachiuh nauhtetl Cenpohuali yhuan chiCuey baras yhua Centetl Caltontli antle quipien Puerta tonati ycalaquianpa ynic on[mo]tamachiuh nahui bara yhuan tlacon ynic huiyac yey baras yhuan tl[a]Con ynic patlahuac = and the four chinampas [f. 29v] were measured at 28 varas, and a little house that has no door, toward the west, was measured at 4 1/2 varas in length and 3 1/2 varas in width. (1655, Mexico City)
auh yn cali ontetl tonatiuh ycalaquiyanpa ytztimani yuan tepan tlatzaquali ynic machiyoti mani xochipalli nitlapalli = y dos casas que estan hacia el occidente con sus paredones estan pintadas de color narangada (Ciudad de México, 1564)