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turquoise; also came to take on another meaning, "in the year of our Lord"
teoxihuitl (noun) = turquoise; fig., relation, ruler, parents
huel titlaçochalchihuitl titeoxihuitl = you are quite a precious jade, you are a turquoise (late sixteenth century, Central Mexico)
Uel chalchiuhtic, uel teuxiuhtic, uel actic, uel otoliuhqui. Inin tlatolli, itechpa mitoaya: in aquin cenca uel tecutlatoa, tenonotza = Precisely like jade, precisely like turquoise, long as a reed and very round. These words were said of a royal orator who counselled the people very well.
in teoxihuitl = in the year of God (a neologism)