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olotl.

Headword: 
olotl.
Principal English Translation: 

the heart of the ear of corn or maize (see Molina); the corn cob (or maize cob) with the kernels removed (see Karttunen); also, a counter when counting kernels of maize or other seed pods or bananas (see Molina, Karttunen, and Siméon)

IPAspelling: 
oːloːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

olotl. el corazon, o espiga desgranada dela mazorca de mayz.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 76r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ŌLŌ-TL corncob with kernels removed / el corazón o espiga desgranada de la mazorca de maíz (M) [(2)Tp.245,Zp.180].
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 178.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Olotl se usa cuando se trata de granos de maíz o de mazorcas principalmente, de plátanos, de pilares, etc., del uno hasta el 19. A partir de 20, se usa la palabra tlamic hasta 39: tlamic oncaxtolli onnaui; después se vuelve a la forma ordinaria: ompoalolotl, 40 granos, etc.
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1988), xlvi.

themes: 
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking