a tree or stick with knots, bumps, or hooks (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quauitl tecuintic, quahuitl tecuintic
Alonso de Molina:
quauitl tecuintic. arbol o palo con ganchos. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 88r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.