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in the maize field (see milli); milpa (without the final "n") entered Spanish as the equivalent of milli
ca y çatepan in ihquac ye itech timomati in qualli yectli cenca timoyollaliz. yuhquinma milpan tlaxoxohuiaya tinemiz. tiquittaz. in xilotl in elotl. yn huauhtli yn chie. yn tiquaz. yn tiquiz. = For later, when you become a follower of what is good and righteous, you will be much comforted. You will live as if in a fresh, green field. You will find the green corn, the ripened ear of corn, the amaranth, the chia that you will eat, that you will drink. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
In the Florentine Codex, in Book 6, in the paragraph about the "true woman" (nel cioatl), we see a reference to her role as a cultivator of food in the milpan. (sixteenth-century central Mexico)
in tlein mjlpan contlaliz, muchi muchioaz = that which she will plant in the maize field will all prosper (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
auh oc cenca iehoatl, xicmocujtlavican in cuemjtl, in apantli, ipan xitlatocan: auh xontlatepeoacan in mjlpan = And especially take care of the ridge, of the ditch. Plant and sow in the field (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
auh xontlatepeoacan in mjlpan in metzintli, in nopaltzintli in quauhtzintli = And in the field plant the maguey, the nopal, the trees (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
huel ticneltilia tictequipanoua yn milmanalli toconixtlaua yn comũd pouhqui auh yn oncon[a] ticpixca yn milpã = realmente confirmamos que administramos la milpa llana. Pagamos por ella, y pertenece a la comunidad. Allá cosechamos la milpa (Tetzcoco, 1585)