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(a loanword from Spanish)
half a peso, a coin
(a loanword from Spanish)
yn itlacalaquil toston onpohuali yhuan chicome peso yhua nahui tonmines serbicio cenpohuali yhua yey pso yhua chiquace tomi (also servicio, sero, tosto) (Tehuacan, 1642)
The orthographic variant doston (actually given in the plural, dostones) is attested in a colonial Guatemalan music manuscript.
ticate tlali ca tictlaxtlavia cexiuhtica ome tostones tictomaquilia tonantzin Santa Mª auh yn totlatocatzin ticmomaquilia navi toss ypan ce tomines = estamos en tierras por las que pagamos dos tostones cade año, que los damos a nuestra madre Santa María. A nuestro señor le damos cuatro tostones y un tomín.
çeçen giuhtica castoli dostonis yvan 3 tostonis avin tlaoli 20 3 hanecas çeçen xiuhtica = cada año son 18 tostones y 23 fanegas de maíz