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auh inin.

Headword: 
auh inin.
Principal English Translation: 

and this (for example, and this happened) (see Molina); the next thing; and then; and so

Orthographic Variants: 
auh yni, auh ynin, auh ini, auh in in
Alonso de Molina: 

auh yni. y esto. s. acaecio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

auh inin = well then, and so (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Personal communication, James Lockhart, in sessions analyzing Huehuetlatolli.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

inin = este, esta; pl. iniquein
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1988), xliv.