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to become, take the job as, come to constitute oneself as; to settle down
yquac quitlallique yn ixquich ynquaxoch ynic niman motlallique. = at that time they established all their boundaries, whereupon they settled down. (1608, Central Mexico)
Auh in iquac onicqui ualmotlalli un tachcauh tizatlacatl. auh motlalli atle ma yuh; quimocuiti un tochanyo = y cuando murió [chantecontzin], nuestro hermano mayor, Tizatlácatl, se constituyó en tecutli, y al constituirse, no reconoció como nuestra la casa solariega.
"verbo intransitivo, 'instalarse, como constituirse en'"
Auh niman ya onmotlalia yn Teuhctlecozauhqui yn Tepeticpac; Aun niman ya onmotlalia y Moquiuix y Tepetitlan; Auh niman ya onmotlalia yn Xicalan in Xonacatepec Chimalpan = Y luego ya se asienta Teuhctlecozauhqui en Tepeticpac; Y luego ya se asienta Moquiuix en Tepetitlan; Y luego ya se asienta Xicalan en Xonacatepec Chimalpan (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)