Spanish gloss in the Nahuatl column: ayecohtli: black beans that are as large as fava beans.↩
[qujquequē]toc in xilotl, itzon qujquequentoc teicoltitoc, tetlanectitoc: njman ie ic mjtoa tzommjctoc, chichinavi,
\nmjtonjtoc, mjtoa tlacattoc: njma ie chichiqujlivi, chichiqujliuhtoc: njman ie ic mjxteca, njman ie ic nextamalxochitia: njman mjtoa, chichipelotl, njman ie tetzaoa: vncan mjtoa, elotl: njman njcan vmpeoa, tlaquaoa, coçavia: njman mjtoa, çintli.
\nchamaoac, vei, patlachtilaoac, ixe, tliltic, tecultic, tlilpatic, aiopaltic, cujcujltic, vaoanquj, çulcujcujltic, iztac, iztaleoac, pineoac eçoqujllo, oapaoac, quauhio, memelactic: amo anequjnj, tonalli inamjc, qujiauhtica cocolizcujnj, moxochiotepeoanj, exotomaoac.
\nNaiecotlaça, naiecotoca, oalhujtonj: ce iix qujoalquetza, papatlacatoc: eçoqujlloa, meçoqujllotia, moiacatlaça, moiacatlaztoc, tata[pachivi,]
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\n[The kernels] spread forming little droplets; it is said that they spread taking form. Then [the kernels] form milk; they spread forming milk. Then the surface [of the kernels] becomes evened. Then it becomes the nixtamal flower; now it is called chichipelotl. Then [the milk] thickens, at which time it is called elotl. Then, at this time, it begins to harden; it turns yellow, whereupon1 it is called cintli.
\nIt is large, big, long and flat. It has an eye. It is black, like charcoal; very black, gourd-colored, vari-colored, striped, colored like the quail, white, whitish, pale. It is like bean foliage; it is sturdy, tall, slender. It does not require water; it is compatible with the sun. It is that which suffers from rain. It is that which sheds its blossoms. The pod is thick.
\nI sow the large black bean. I plant the large black bean. It germinates, it sets a node. It sends out its first leaves. It forms bean foliage. It produces bean foliage. It sends out runners. It spreads,
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