the being or the essence of God (see Molina)
(partly a loanword from Spanish, dios, God)
Orthographic Variants:
iyeliz yn dios
Alonso de Molina:
iyeliz yn dios. el ser o la essencia de dios. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 36v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.