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mecapitzactli.

Headword: 
mecapitzactli.
Principal English Translation: 

a little strip of land (contains the word mecatl, cord, which was used for measuring land) (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yn axcan zacatl zan mecapitzactli ayac quizacamohua = ahora solo tiene zacate, ya solo es una franjita de tierra, nunca la escardan (Tlaxcala, 1568)
Catálogo de documentos escritos en náhuatl, siglo XVI, vol. I (Tlaxcala: Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala y el Archivo Histórico del Estado de Tlaxcala, 2013), 121.