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one's progenitor, someone who engendered one; in the nonreverential form, this often refers to the aide of a ruler or lord
Plural -teichiuhcauhuan (SW)
in totechiuhcaoan, in ie nachca onmantivi: in oqujnmopolhvi, in oqujnmotlatili totecujo: in oiaque, in omotecato in apuchqujiaoaiocan, in atlecallocan: aҫo xotlaz, aҫo cueponjz in jnvitz, in jnmeuh, aҫo vecatlan in contlazteoaque, in qujtlalaqujtiaque = our progenitors, those who have already gone beyond to reside, those whom our lord hath destroyed, hath hidden; those who have departed, those who have gone to reside in the place of no openings, of no outlets. Perhaps their thorn, their maguey, which they departed leaving, which they planted deep, will bud, will blossom (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Auh yn amehuantzitzin yn annotechiuhcahuan [sic] namechnonahuatiliya Juan Ytzpancalcatzintli yhuan Juan Tlacochcalcatzintli ma huel ipan amotlatoltizque ynotlatol = Y a ustedes mis principales Juan Itzpalcalcatzintli, Juan Tlacochcalcatzintli, les encargo que aboguen por mi disposición testamentaria (Culhuacan, 1580)