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a corner, or a hole (see attestations and see xoxomoltic)
See an image that represents xomolli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
a corner
Xomolli, tlayoualli ticmotoctia. Inin tlatolli, itechpa mitoaya: in iquac aca ixtlamati, anozo mozcaliani, iximacho pilli, anozo tecutli: auh zatepan quipoloa in imauizyo. = You hide yourself in a corner, in the dark. This was said when some able person, perhaps an experienced and renowned noble or official, lost his good name.
ca njxpopoiotl ca njtlaiooalli, ca njxomolli ca njcaltechtli = for I am blind, I am darkness; I am the corner, I am the wall (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
In zan inehuiyan omocalaqui in quauhtla, in zacatla yhuan in zan inehuiyan xomolli, caltechtli = Sólo de su voluntad se metió al bosque, al hierbal y por sí mismo se acercó a los rincones, a las paredes (Mexico central, s. XVI)