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-loca.
Headword:
-loca.
Principal English Translation:
suffix making a passive verb into a noun
Attestations from sources in English:
ynotzaloca = his being called, summoned
ytlatlauhtiloca = his being prayed to
-loca = always passive
a way of abstracting a verb, similar to -yotl, and it is like the -tion ending in English
e.g., inotzallocatzin = possessed and reverential term notzallocatl, meaning invocation
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