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huehuecalli.

Headword: 
huehuecalli.
Principal English Translation: 

patrimonial house

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

ynhuehuecal yn oca huey tecpa oca mochatiya Alonso de Baça motepoztocaz yneteylhuili ynic motepoztocaz niccemanca ynoxhuiuhtzin yn Ana = las mismas casas antiguas sobre que está fundado mi patrimonio, que son los palacios grandes a donde al presente posa Alonso de Bazán, que se siga el pleito porque serán para mi nieta Ana (San Juan Teotihuacan, 1563)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos indígenas novohispanos, vol. 2, Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVI, eds., Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Elsa Leticia Rea López, Constantino Medina Lima (Mexico: Consejo Nacional de Ciencias Tecnología, 1999), 138–139.