bamboo; cane stalk(s); a stout cane; reed(s) (see Molina, Sahagún, and Karttunen)
ca yehhuatl ic pepenalo, in cualli itlachieliz, in mimatqui, in mimatini, in chipahuac inacayo, cuillotic, acatic, piaztic, iuhquin otlatl, ipanoca temimiltic, amo
tlacazolnacayo, amo tomahuac, amo no tete... = indeed he who was thus chosen was of fair countenance, of good understanding, quick, of clean body, slender, reed-like, long and thin, like a stout cane, like a stone column all over, not of overfed body, not corpulent, nor very small, nor exceedingly tall. (b.2 f.2 p.65)
utlatl tzotzopaztli = cane stalks; battens
bamboo (central Mexico, sixteenth century)