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república.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
república.
Principal English Translation: 

indigenous corporation
(a loanword from Spanish)

Lockhart’s Nahuatl as Written: 

commonwealth, usually referring to the Spanish-style municipal organization of an altepetl. Sp.
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 232.

Attestations from sources in English: 

S,r Alcalde Autual D,n fran,co lionnardo hihua D,n Martin de la Cru[...]y DeMas ofisiales de la R,ca = the señor present alcalde don Francisco Leonardo; don Martín de la Cruz; and other officials of the commonwealth. (Santiago Apóstol Quaxochtenco, Toluca Valley, 1761)Caterina Pizzigoni, ed., Testaments of Toluca (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 2007), 246.

Ante mi Dn Antto Baleriano Esno de Repca (Azcapotzalco, 1703)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 14.

y nehuatl esno de la repobliCan yhuan y testigos (Centlalpan, Chalco, 1736)
Frances Karttunen and James Lockhart, Nahuatl in the Middle Years: Language Contact Phenomena in Texts of the Colonial Period, Linguistics 85 (Los Angeles, University of California Publications, 1976), Doc. 10.

y nehua esno repoblican (Centlalpan, Chalco, 1736)
Frances Karttunen and James Lockhart, Nahuatl in the Middle Years: Language Contact Phenomena in Texts of the Colonial Period, Linguistics 85 (Los Angeles, University of California Publications, 1976), Doc. 10.

ihuan esno de la Republica yhuan seme testigos (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 17.

Ante mi Dn Antto Bilibaldo y flores Esno de Repca (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 17.

senca mahuistililonime Jues Sr Dn Visente ferrer Bautista ihuan Alcalde Dn Marcos Juan i lle mochintin Ofisiales de Republica (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 17.

ni Jues Gor ihuan moxtintzitzin Ofisiales de Republica (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 17.