for something to be (see Karttunen)
YĒCNŌTZ(A) vrefl,vt for something to be said respectfully; to speak to someone properly, respectfully [(6)Tp.163,218]. See YĒC-TLI, NŌTZ(A). Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 336.