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tribute payer; or, someone who performed tribute labor
plural = tequitque
yz caten yn otyquizepuhque yi tequitque y zivatl yn piltotli yn telpochtli yn ichpochtli yn icnozivatli y ya mochi onçutli ynpa chicuetecpatli onmatlactli onnavi = Here are those whom we have added up: tribute payers, women, children, young men, young women, widows, a total of 974. (Cuernavaca region, ca. 1540s)
ynin quitlanehuizque yn tequitque quixtlauhtazque ycecenxiuhtica onpohualli onmatlactli pesos = éstas se han de alquilar; los terrazgueros que han de pagar e[n] cada un año cincuenta pesos (Xochimilco, 1650)
huel huey tlalli centzonmecatl auh matlactin yn quitequichihua tequitque auh quixtlahuazque yn tlalaneyoni cenpohualli onmatlactli pesos = un pedazo de tiera grande de cuatrocient[os] mecates, que las benefician diez personas terrazgueros, y han de pagar en arrendamiento de ellas treinta pesos (Xochimilco, 1650)
niconmaquilia chicompantli yn chinamitl Tlillapan ypan manique tequitque = le doy siete camillones en el pago llamado Tlilapa, que los tengo dados a los indios (Xochimilco, 1577)