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in ixtli in yollotl.

Headword: 
in ixtli in yollotl.
Principal English Translation: 

the eye(s)/face, the heart = a paired phrase meaning human being (see Mikulska)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

ojo-cara, corazón = un difrasismo que quiere decir "ser humano" (p. 86)
Katarzyna Mikulska, "Te hago bandera... Signos de banderas y sus significados en la expresión gráfica nahua", en Los códices mesoamericanos: registros de religión, política y sociedad, Miguel Ángel Ruz Barrio y Juan José Batalla Rosado, coordinadores (Zinacantepec: El Colegio Mexiquense, 2016), 85–133.