Después que ya se sabe que la senora N parió, luego los amigos y parientes de los pueblos circunstantes van a visitar al niño y a la madre, y a los parientes, y primeramente en la visitación hablan al niño recién nacido, y para saludarle descúbrele la madre para que esté patente al que le habla. Si es hijo de señor o persona muy principal de genealogía de grandes señores, o si es generoso, dícelele [sic] desta manera si es varón el que habla y viejo principal: "¡Oh, nieto mío y señor nuestro, persona de gran valor y de gran precio y de gran estima! ¡Oh, piedra preciosa! ¡Oh, esmeralda! ¡Oh, zafiro! ¡Oh, plumaxe rico,
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"21ebffa9-9549-48e3-a361-cd8270ee5ada","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"#### the father, and the grandparents. They would send some honest, wise, and well-spoken older man to do this. And he would first address the child with very tender and loving language, filled with a thousand sayings. They would do this to bring happiness to the child’s parents and grandparents.\n\nOnce it is already known that the lady N. has given birth, friends and relatives from the surrounding towns then go and visit the child, the mother, and their relatives. During the visit, they talk first to the newborn baby. And in order to greet it, the mother uncovers it so that it might be seen by the one who is speaking. If it is the child of a lord or of a very prominent noble who comes from a line of great lords, or if [the child] is wellborn,[^71] then—if [the child] is male—the one who addresses him—an older noble—would speak to him in this way: “Oh, my grandson and our lord, a most worthy, precious, and esteemed person! Oh, precious stone! Oh, emerald! Oh, sapphire! Oh, valuable feather! \n\n\n[^71]: “If it is . . . wellborn”: _Si es hijo de señor o persona muy principal de genealogía de grandes señores, o si es generoso_. The corresponding Nahuatl has three descending ranks of noble heirs: the _tlatocapilli_ (heir of a ruler), the _tlazopilli_ (beloved noble), and the _tecpilli_ (child of the palace). Sahagún uses the Spanish word _generoso_ (wellborn) to translate the latter. The word _pilli_, which forms the last part of all three Nahuatl words, means both “noble” and “child” or “infant.”","html":"Once it is already known that the lady N. has given birth, friends and relatives from the surrounding towns then go and visit the child, the mother, and their relatives. During the visit, they talk first to the newborn baby. And in order to greet it, the mother uncovers it so that it might be seen by the one who is speaking. If it is the child of a lord or of a very prominent noble who comes from a line of great lords, or if [the child] is wellborn,1 then—if [the child] is male—the one who addresses him—an older noble—would speak to him in this way: “Oh, my grandson and our lord, a most worthy, precious, and esteemed person! Oh, precious stone! Oh, emerald! Oh, sapphire! Oh, valuable feather!
\n“If it is . . . wellborn”: Si es hijo de señor o persona muy principal de genealogía de grandes señores, o si es generoso. The corresponding Nahuatl has three descending ranks of noble heirs: the tlatocapilli (heir of a ruler), the tlazopilli (beloved noble), and the tecpilli (child of the palace). Sahagún uses the Spanish word generoso (wellborn) to translate the latter. The word pilli, which forms the last part of all three Nahuatl words, means both “noble” and “child” or “infant.”↩
Achto iehoatl qujtlatlauhtiaia, qujtlapaloaia in piltontli: cenca qualli injc qujnonotzaia, macivi in amo qujcaquia: ca çan iehoantin ic iollaliloia, in jnanoan, in jtahoan in piltontli.
\nIn onmachoc, in otlacachiuh in N: njman ic peoalo, in tlatlapalolo: achtopa tlapalolo, achtopa notzalo in omecavi piltzintli, Auh injc tlapalolo piltzintli: onjxtlapolo, onpetlaoalo: njman ie iehoatl in nantli: njman ie iehoantin in vevetque, in jlamatque, in tenanoan, in tetahoan: auh çatepan notzalo in tatli.
\nIntla tlatocaconetl, intla tlatocapilli, intla tlaçopilli: intla çan noço tecpilli, ilvilo. Intla oqujchtli tlatlapaloa: qujlhvia. Noxviuhticatzine, tlacatle totecoe, tlaçotzintle, tlaçotitlacatle, chalchiuhtle, maqujztle, teuxivitle, quetzalle,
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"0ca878cc-2a78-48fb-aecf-65457ae84fb7","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"#### they exhorted the baby, and they greeted him and his mother, his father, and his grandmother, his grandfather; [one of] the old men, the wise men, the well-spoken did this.\n\n#### First he exhorted, he greeted the baby very well as he addressed him, although [the baby] did not hear it; thereby he consoled only those who were the mothers, the fathers of the baby.\n\nWhen it was known that N. had given birth, then was the beginning of the visiting. First the baby which had arrived was greeted, addressed. And to be greeted, the baby was uncovered, unclothed. Then the mother was addressed; then the old men, the old women, the mothers, the fathers, and finally the father.\n\nIf it was a child of a ruler, the son of a ruler, the son of a nobleman, as well as of an ordinary nobleman, who was addressed, if it was a male [child],[^1] one gave the greeting; he said to him: “O my grandson, O master, O our lord, O precious one, O precious person, O precious green stone, O bracelet, O precious turquoise, O precious feather, \n\n\n\n\n[^1]: Corresponding Spanish text: *”dizesele desta manera (si es varon, el que habla) y viejo principal.”*","html":"When it was known that N. had given birth, then was the beginning of the visiting. First the baby which had arrived was greeted, addressed. And to be greeted, the baby was uncovered, unclothed. Then the mother was addressed; then the old men, the old women, the mothers, the fathers, and finally the father.
\nIf it was a child of a ruler, the son of a ruler, the son of a nobleman, as well as of an ordinary nobleman, who was addressed, if it was a male [child],1 one gave the greeting; he said to him: “O my grandson, O master, O our lord, O precious one, O precious person, O precious green stone, O bracelet, O precious turquoise, O precious feather,
\nCorresponding Spanish text: ”dizesele desta manera (si es varon, el que habla) y viejo principal.”↩