a medicinal plant with small round, red fruits at the end of its shoots, with uses for women with ailments of the womb, for people with toothaches, nervous problems, or brain issues
(Valley of Mexico, 1570–1587)
The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 120–21.
an earthenware cup or vessel (loaned to Spanish as tecomate); sometimes described as a vasija in Spanish; perhaps sometimes made from wood (cuauhtecomatl); sometimes painted (tlacuiloltecomatl), one painted with a serpent (coatl) (see attestations)
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 232.
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 233.