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anillo.

a ring or rings, such as those worn on the finger(s) (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 9 -- The Merchants, No. 14, Part 10, eds. and transl. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble (Santa Fe and Salt Lake City: School of American Research and the University of Utah, 1959), 2.

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ánima.

Orthographic Variants: 
-anima, animan, animas, animasmeh

soul (this word is usually seen possessed in Nahuatl) (see Molina and attestations)

the soul of a dead person.
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animal.

animal

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ánimasmeh.

Orthographic Variants: 
ánimasme, animasmeh

brotherhood of the Holy Souls of Purgatory

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año.

year (see Lockhart and attestations)

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ante.

before, in front of (an official) (see attestations)

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antes.

before

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Anticristo.

antichrist

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antiguo.

ancient

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anzadón.

Orthographic Variants: 
anzaron

a metal tool for working the soil, often equated with tlaltepoztli (see attestations)

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anzueloh.

fish hook

fish-hook.
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aparecer.

to appear, as in a saint making an apparition to the faithful (see attestations)

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aparejo.

tackle

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aparición.

apparition

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aparte.

besides

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apelación.

a legal appeal (see attestations, forthcoming)

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apelacion.

a legal appeal (see Molina)

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apelar.

to appeal something in the courts (see attestations)

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apenas.

hardly, just, only

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apéndice.

appendix

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