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to play with a rubber ball using the buttocks (see Molina)
njman tlanaoatiaia, injc ollamaloz, injc teellaquaoaia, injc tepaqujltiaia tlatoanj: qujnnaoatiaia in calpixque, injc qujoalcujzque in olli, ioan nelpilonj, ioan queçeoatl, ioan maieoatl = then commanded that the ball game be played, in order to animate the people and divert them. He commanded that the majordomos to take out the rubber ball, and the girdles, and the leather hip guards, and the leather gloves (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
yntla utlama mitouaya ic quizcaltiaya in tonalli ic patia = If he played the rubber ball game, it was said that he thus nourished the day sign, that this is improved. (Central Mexico, sixteenth century)
vllama, vncatca imolpixcaoa, ioan inmolancaoan, qujtlanjtoa in jxqujch tlaçotli = They played ball. There were his ball-catchers and his ball-players. They wagered [in this game] all [manner of] costly goods.
See also tlachtli.