the side of a person, the ribs; also said of the side of a mountain (see Molina)
Toyomotlan, tonacaztitech mopipiloa in totecuyo. Inin tlatolli, itechpa mitoaya: in iquac itla topan quimuchiuilia totecuyo: azo cetl quiqua in tonacayotl, azo mayanaliztli. = Our Lord is pinching our ribs and pulling our ears. This was said when our Lord caused some such thing to befall us as a frost which ravaged the crops, or a famine.
iomotlantli = side;
toiomotla = our side;
nacaio = fleshy;
omio = bony;
patlachtic = wide;
tonoia = our resting place;
nacaioa = it becomes fleshy;
omiooa = it becomes bony;
patlachiui = it becomes broad (central Mexico, sixteenth century)