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mimatini.

Headword: 
mimatini.
Principal English Translation: 

a profound (has deep knowledge, an expert) and informed person (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mihmɑtini
Alonso de Molina: 

mimatini. sabio cuerdo y avisado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 56v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

auh in tlalticpac tlaca in icuac mitzittazque, in mimatinime, i huellanonotzaltin, i huellazcaltiltin, za niman mitzpinahuizque, mitztlatemachilizque = y cuando en el mundo te vean los hombres, los sabios, los bien instruidos, los bien ilustrados, entonces únicamente te avergonzarán, te reprenderán (centro de México, s. XVI)
Josefina García Quintana, "Exhortación de un padre a su hijo; texto recogido por Andrés de Olmos," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 11 (1974), 164–165.

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