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cencuemitl.

Headword: 
cencuemitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a mound between two furrows (see Molina); also, a battle squadron (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

cencuemitl. vn camellon entre dos surcos, o vn esquadron de batalla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 17r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

This has been seen as a measure for agricultural land whose specific size has yet to be determined.
Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 195–223, see p. 210.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Una medida indeterminada "para delimitar áreas de tierra," "o sea un camellón entre surco y surco."
Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 195–223, ver p. 210.

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