(a loanword from Spanish)
hatchet
(a loanword from Spanish)
yctlahuiloz chiquacen achas; yvan occequi candela ynic tlahuitiazque cofrademe = it will be lighted with six hachas and another candle such that they will be going lighting it the cofradia members (Tula, 1570)
çentetl acha ycc otlayxptlayotililoc (sic) teopan ocallac siera quauhteconi = an axe in exchange for a saw for cutting wood which was given to the church (Culhuacan, sixteenth century)
Acha yc quicohuasquia nahui tomin = to buy an axe, 4 tomines (San Bartolomé Atenco, Coyoacan, 1617)
sentel achan = an axe (San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Toluca Valley, 1681)
yhua ze torno yhua ome asadon yhua ze acha yhua ce candado mochi nicmaca nozihuatzin yca quinpalehuiz nopilhua = and a lathe, and two hoes and an axe, and a latch; I give it all to my wife to help my children with (Saltillo, 1682)
Nitlanahuatia ome yunta bueyes Ca yehuatl nicCahuilia noçiuh se Caballo ençillado yuã Caxa ome achas yuã mochi Santoz Santaz çe CuetzComtal nicCahuilia noxpochto Juana = I order that I leave to my wife two yokes of oxen, a horse with a saddle, a chest, two axes, and all the male and female saints; I leave a corncrib to my little daughter Juana. (San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Toluca Valley, 1695)