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to prepare, get ready (see Karttunen and Lockhart); to ornament something; or, to relinquish entirely (see attestations)
inic quimmotzatzilili, inic mocencahuazque = so that he proclaimed to them, to be prepared
Aun yn otlacencaoaloc = And when they [the flowers] had been arranged (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
omozencauh (omocencauh) ynin altepeam[atl] = this altepetl document was prepared (Mexico, late seventeenth-century) (Techialoyan manuscript from San Cristóbal Texcalucan and Magdalena Chichicaspa)
ixquichtin maceuhque huel mocencauhque = All the dancers prepared themselves well (early seventeenth century, central New Spain)
auh yn isquich y¯ nochantlatqui . onicpiaya y¯ puertas . cerraduras . mochi niccēcahua = And I relinquish entirely all the household appurtenances I had, the doors and locks and everything (Coyoacan, 1575)
yn oqujcencauhque, cacoqujxtia in telpuchtequjoaque, yoan in teachcaoan, in telpopuchti = When they had ornamented [the figure of Uitzilopochtli], the young, seasoned warriors, the masters of the youths, and the youths took it up. sixteenth century, Mexico City)