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(a loanword from Spanish)
a natural-born son (female version would be hija bastarda (see attestations) (central Mexico, seventeenth century)
ynin omoteneuh Doña Maria ynic ome oquimochihuilli, çā no quimohueypohuilli ytoca Miguel tlilpotonqui mihtohua hijo natural, quinnenehuilia yn teoyotica chihuallo Tepilhuan, tel amo huel mihtoz hijo bastardo = the said doña María begot a second [child] who was considered important, named Miguel Tlilpotonqui, said to be a natural son. [Since] he resembled the legitimately begotten sons, he nevertheless could not be called a bastard son. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)