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to become established in a settlement
to assemble; to pile on to each other
From: tēca = to lay something down, to spread it out
auh iuhquj ommoteca, iuhquj ommotlaҫa = and in this manner he stretcheth out, in this manner he throweth himself down (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Auh niman ya yaui omotecato amoltepa = Y luego ya se fueron a establecer en Amoltepan (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)
Niman ya uitze omotecaco ueycan tamallac Toxpallatl yyonocan = Luego ya vienen a establecerse en: Ueycan tamallac, Toxpalatl yyonocan.
yeica ipampa catiazque titotecatihui titotlallitihui, ihuan tiquinpehuatihui, inipan huey cemanahuatl onoque in macehualtin = porque nos iremos a establecer, a radicar, y conquistaremos a los naturales que están establecidos en el universo; [porque pues iremos, nos iremos a colocar, nos iremos a asentar, e iremos a conquistar a quienes están establecidos en el grande universo] (centro de Mexico, s. XVII)
niman ya uitze omotecaco = Luego ya vienen a establecerse (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)