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(a loanword from Spanish)
west, the West
(a loanword from Spanish)
itztica poniente = looking west (Santa Clara Cozcatlan, Toluca Valley, 1731)
ompohuali brasadas inic Oriente a poniente ahu inic patlahuac Quipie tzenpohuali brasadas de norte a sur (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
inin (sic, meant: inic) poniente Mocuaxochnamiqui ica in huey Otli = on the west it abuts on the highway (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
inic Oriente ihuan poniente quipix onpohuali brasadas = from east to west it measured 40 brazas (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
yc tonanli y calaquia Molhuia poniente yn omotaMachiuh ynic patlahuac ynic tonanlia yquizaya Molhuia oriente yhuan yc poniemte zenpohuali yhuan macuili uara Auh ynic norte yhuan ynic sur yepohuali yhuan chiquey vara = de ancho, por donde sale el sol, llamado oriente. Por poniente, y de largo, por donde sale el sol, llamado oriente. Por poniente mide 30 varas. (Tetzcoco, 1759)