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paper cutting, a ritual or ceremonial act (see attestations)
¶ 2. tochtli xihuitl 1338 años. ypan inyn ome tochtli xihuitl y hualcallaque yn culhuacā yc hualaque amatequiliztli ynic huel quiximatia ȳ tleȳ amaxotlaliztli motlallico ȳ mexico = The year Two Rabbit, 1338. At this time, the year Two Rabbit, they entered Culhuacan when they came for the cutting of paper. Thus they knew what was the [nature of] the paper-cutting [ceremony that] came to be established in Mexico.