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a land portion (not always land that has been inherited)
-tlalnemac = literally, "land that is given to one, land-portion," hence usually "one's inherited land," but also a plot awarded to one in judicial proceedings.
ticpie totlalnemac = we have a piece of land that was given to us; and: "huel nestica ipan in huehue testamento ca tlalcohuali ihuan totlalnemac = it really appears in the old testament that it is purchased land and our inheritance; it was inherited from a great-grandfather; in other words, it can therefore be sold; it is being sold by an indigenous family to a Spaniard (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
nemactli = inheritance, portion, that which is given to one
(used in a way that is similar to axcaitl and tlatlquitl in Coyoacan documents, emphasizing the rights of the possessor rather than the land category itself);
nemactia = to give a portion to someone;
axcatia = to give possession of something to someone
in tlalnamacaque ca intlalnemac ocacca (i.e. the land sellers received this land and therefore they can sell it) (Azcapotzalco, 1738)