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a measuring container and, typically, a dry measure for corn kernels; equivalent to half a Spanish fanega (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
both a specific unit, often considered equivalent to half a fanega, and a general term meaning container or measure
a unit of measure, approximately half a fanega (which is a dry measure of about a bushel and a half, introduced by the Spanish colonists)
Chimalpahin equates "oncuahuacalli tlaolli" (two quahuacalli of maize) with "ce anega" [one fanega]. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
cece[n]tlacatl quiteq'[ui]tiz ce peso yhua[n] o[n] quahuacalli tlaolli = cada persona tributará un peso y una fanega . . . de maíz (ca. 1582, Mexico City)