çan qualton, matilacpil tetzonvecapanton.
\nyoan mjtoa teumetl, iztacatica vavanquj, tepiton, macoçauhquj.
\nin metl itech qujça in necutli ivanj, necutlatilonj, octlalilonj: itech qujça in ichtli, cimalonj, tzaoalonj, tilmachioalonj malinalonj, palonj, iapalonj in metl itech qujça in vitztli, tlatzoponjlonj, tlaçovanj, vitztic, iacavitztic, tliltic.
\nNimeteca njmeaquja, njmetlalia, njmepixoa, njmepachoa: in metl tlaana, monelhoaiotia, celia, ce yix qujoalquetza, mozcaltia, papatlaca, tlatlacoiauh, maci qujioti:
\nnjtlatlapana, njmetlapana; njtlaiolloixili, njtlaqujoxili, njtlaixochpana, njtlachiquj, njnecueoa, njnenecueoa, njnecutlatia: noctlalia, njtlachichilia, njtlacima.
\nxoxouhquj, xoxoctic, qujltic, mamae, amatlapale, mamaxaltic, alaoac, aio, nochio, ichio, matlaio, iacacujtle.
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\nIt is also called teometl. It is striped with white. It is small; the leaves are yellow.
\nIt is the maguey from which potable maguey syrup comes. It is the kind from which maguey syrup can be made, from which wine is made. The maguey fibre comes from it, the kind which can be dressed, spun; from which capes are made; which can be twisted, dyed, darkened. From the maguey comes the spine, the one which serves to pierce, to puncture. It is pointed, pointed on the end, black.
\nI plant the maguey. I transplant the maguey. I set out the maguey. I sow the maguey. I press the maguey in. The maguey takes hold, takes root, buds, sets a node, grows, sends out fresh leaves, enlarges, matures, forms a stalk.
\nI break up the plant. I break up the maguey. I pierce the center. I pierce the stalk. I clean the surface. I scrape it. I remove the maguey syrup. I remove the maguey syrup from each one. I heat the maguey syrup. I make wine. I scrape the maguey leaf. I dress the maguey leaf to extract the fibre.
\nIt is green; it is green, herb-green. It has branches, leaves, forked branches. It is smooth; it is juicy; it has tunas; it is stringy, net-like. It has an excretion.
\nNopalli: generic term for tuna-producing Cactaceae (Santamaría, Dic. de Mejicanismos, p. 761—nopal); see also Dressler, “Pre-Columbian Cultivated Plants,” p. 140.↩