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cakes; dough (see Sahagún)
auh in omjc, njman ie ic quixitinja, in inacaio in tzoalli, yn jiollo itech povia in Motecuçoma = And when he [Huitzilopochtli] had died, thereupon they broke up his body of amaranth seed dough. His heart was apportioned to Moctezuma (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
auh ça tzohoalli, inic quixiptlaioti, in ipan quipouh: tlaolpaoastli ipan quitlatlali, inic quitequalti = And they made [the victim's] image of pure amaranth seed dough, so that it might represent him; they set cooked grains of maize upon it, so that they could give it to the people to eat. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
They eat these cakes cooked in the manner of their tortillas. (Atenango, between Mexico City and Acapulco, 1629)