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pila.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
pila.
Principal English Translation:
font, baptismal font; or, a public water fountain, such as might be found in a market (pila del mercado)
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents pila in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
yquac açico nima quichiuhque pila tianquizco caxtilteca quichiuhque hualehua Cuitlaxcohuapan yn itlaxtlahuil mochiuh çe mil yhuan chicopohuali pesos = Cuando llegó, luego hicieron la pila del mercado. La hicieron los castellanos que vinieron de Cuetlaxcohuapa. Su pago fue de un mil y ciento cuarenta pesos. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
huel ypan bisperaz Sant Juan Bauhtista yn calac yn atl pila tiaquiz ye teotlac miercoles yhuan y te = precisamente en las vísperas de San Juan Bautista entró el agua a la pila del mercado, por la tarde del miércoles (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
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