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(a loanword from Spanish)
a bridge (see attestations)
"We even find 'fuente' the word for a fountain, with the intention puente, 'bridge,' because Nahuatl lacked [f] and used [p] as the closest equivalent,..."
xittin puentte atoyac = the Atoyac bridge collapsed
yuã xiti pohuete sentepecqui yc matlactli de mayo = and on the 10th of May the bridge at Centepec collapsed
Yn iquac oquixitini Çahuatl yn puete yacuic = Entonces el río Zahuatl desbarató el puente neuvo (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
Yacuican yc peuhqui puete çe pilar = Se comenzó nuevamente un pilar del puente. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
auh ynic mopanolti Çahuapan motete picas yc mochihuan yn arcu buhuete = Para pasar el río Zahuatl se colocaron vigas, con lo que se arregló, porque se hacía el arco del puente (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)