a worked beam that would be used in the construction of a house or building (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
uetzcayotl
IPAspelling:
wetskɑːjoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina:
uetzcayotl. viga labrada, para maderar la casa. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 156v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.