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centlacxitl.

Headword: 
centlacxitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a step (see Molina); also a measurement, a pace

IPAspelling: 
sentɬɑkʃitɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

centlacxitl. vn passo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 17v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

This measurement appears on a houselot plan from Huexocolco (near Tetzcoco) from the sixteenth century.
Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 195–223, see page 200, fig. 2.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"Centlácxitl. Se traduce como un paso normal. Siendo de sobra conocida la multiplicidad de tipos de pasos dentro de una amplia gama de longitudes, mientras no se encuentren informes precisos al respecto no será posible determinar sus equivalencias."
Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 221.

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