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tocino metztli.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
tocino metztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a ham; or, the thigh of a pig (see Molina)
(partly a loanword from Spanish)

Alonso de Molina: 

tocino metztli. pernil de tocino.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 148v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
metztli. luna, o pierna de hombre o de animal, o mes.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.