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tlalmecatl.

Headword: 
tlalmecatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a cord used to measure land and property (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːlmekɑtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlalmecatl. cordel para medir tierras y heredades.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 124r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

tlalmécatl = cordón para medir tierra
Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 195–223, ver página 223.