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(a loanword from Spanish)
hour, o'clock
chiuhnatzin oran = at 9 o'clock
(San Bartolomee Capulhuac, Valley of Toluca, 1625)
yc ypan macuilli ypan tlaco hora, = it was half past 5 o'clock (central Mexico, 1612)
yn aquin amamatl quimati Amapan quitoz yn ixquich ycuiliuhtica ypan oras = He who knows how to read will speak from the document all that is written in the book of hours
auh ypan yey ora asta ypan nahui ora teotlac oquiauhticaya = and from three to four o'clock it rained (Puebla, 1675–1699)
auh yn iquac ye oconmotlaqualtilique yn iehuantin señoratin, ye oaçic chicome oras motzilinia ye yohua = And when those Spanish women had finished feeding her, seven o'clock was already ringing and it was dark. (Xochimilco, 1586)
Spanish influence in the unusual expression "tlen oora" for "at whatever time." (Santa María de la Asunción, Toluca Valley, 1762)
quemanian matlacti oras huala (Jalostotitlan, Jalisco, 1611)
ypan yc se tonali mani metztli junio ypan tonali martes ypan chicuey ora yoatzinco (Puebla, circa 1680–1700)
tlen oora hualmuhuiCas nima nima Conas tlen iaxCa = at whatever time she comes back she is to take what belongs to her (Santa María de la Asunción, Toluca Valley, 1762)
oc sepa Otlalolin ypan sabado yohualtica ypan Ome ora = there was another earthquake. It was at night on Saturday at 2 o’clock
ypanchicuey Ora = a las 6 horas (Santa Catarina Mártir, 1733)