a pronouncement or a short letter or document (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
amatlacuiloltontli. cedula o carta pequeña. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.