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chicomipilli.

Headword: 
chicomipilli.
Principal English Translation: 

140 pieces of cloth, tortillas, pieces of paper, mats, etc. (flat and thin things)

Orthographic Variants: 
chicumipilli
Alonso de Molina: 

chicumipilli. ciento y quarenta mantas, tortillas pliegos de papel, esteras. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 20v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

This is 7 x 20 = 140. To understand the construction, see our headword ipilli (20) or our headword caxtolipilli (15 x 20 = 300).

themes: 
Numbers, Math
Textiles, Clothing