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a bell tower (see attestations)
Don Juan Buenaventura Zapata y Mendoza of Quihuiztlan, Tlaxcala, shows some conservatism in his use of this term in lieu of the loan campanario. Or, he is resisting loanword usage to some degree, a possible sign of a dawning "linguistic purism." See James Lockhart, The Nahuas after the Conquest (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992), 392.
yn itec coyolca[l]i = dentro del campanario (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
Huey campana tlehcoc nican Tlaxcalan ytech coyolcalli. = La campana grande se subió al campanario, aquí en Tlaxcala. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
yn oquimatlan yn otleco yn icpac coyolcali yhuan bigas carritillia quitlali mecatl ça huel mochi quichiuh meztiço ytoca Juan Daça achpisco. Auh ynic tlecoc yca torno çan icaya ome carritilia monec caxtila mecatl = El que terminó de subirlas arriba de la torre, junto con las vigas y carretillas, el que puso las cuerdas, el que hizo todo fue el mestizo llamado Juan Daza Achpisco. Fueron subidas con torno, solo había dos carretillas. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
coyocalli = bell tower (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)