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(a loanword from Spanish)
muleteer (see attestations)
yhuan quicauh Çahuatl anrierostin aocmon huel panohuaya (Zapata y Mendoza 1995: 284). =And muleteers abandoned Zahuatl, the ford was no more. [annals (ZM), petition (ANV 2); time range: 1618–1647]
yvan molas miyec guipia çan ariyero mochiuhdinemiya ce xivitl amo tlaztlava (Sullivan ed. 2003: 20). =And he keeps many mules. He just spends his time hauling merchandise by mule. And he hasn’t paid [anyone] for a year. [annals (ZM), petition (ANV 2); time range: 1618–1647]
yeyntin harrieros yhuan [o]mentin yn nezcalitic motlacuitlahuia yn tlacuicuililiztli onimocuhuilia = tres arrieros y dos personas que cuidan la escultura que compré (Tepotzotlan, 1631)
peuhqui tlapayahuitl ytlacotian agosto huel miec huehuezque caltin yhuan huel miec matoctin yhuan quicauh Çahuatl anrierostin aocmon huel panohuaya = Empezó la lluvia intensa a mediados de agosto. Se cayeron muchas casas y muchas se anegaron. Los arrieros dejaron el río Zahuatl porque no lo podían cruzar. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)