a measurement; the heart, pith, core (see Karttunen and attestations)
See also our entries: yollotl, and especially cenyollotli. Note, here, how many of our attestations are for ce yollotli, which is close to cenyollotli.
Yollotli was a standard measurement in central Mexican land documents. It measured from the midsection of the chest (or heart) to the end of the outstretched hand, approximately three feet (or one-half of the Spanish braza). [See our entry for cenyollotli.]
The cenyollotli is very prevalent as a measurement for parcels shown in the Oztoticpac lands map.
Most often seen in the possessed form, -yōllo.
yollocacopa = voluntarily, willingly
huel pachiuhtica noyollo = I am very satisfied
ynic huey(ac) (cen) (roto) pohualalquahuitl on caxtolli omome yuan zenyollotli = que tiene [de largo] (trei)nta y siete brazas y una bara (Tlaxcala, 1585)
Noxolal X matl yuan çe yolotli nechmomaguiliteuac noteachcauhtzin catca Benito Guauhguiztoc = Mi solar de diez brazas y un corazón que me dejó dado mi hermano mayor, que era Benito Quahuquistoc (Santa Bárbara Tamasolco, Tlaxcala, 1596)
cepohualmatl yuan ce yolotli = veinte brazas y media [ce yolotli] (Santa Bárbara Tamasolco, 1593)
ce yolotl onictequipano nonecocol = [una parte] está con mazorca que la cultivé [con mi abuelo] (Santa Agueda Mixtetelco, sin fecha)
VI matl ypan ce yollotli auh ynic hueyac yn tonatiuh yquizayanpan XV matl ytech onaci yn Tlacochcalcatl yn icalnacaz = de seis brazas y media de ancho [braza del pecho a la mano] y de largo tiene del oriente(a occidente) quince brazas de largo desde la esquina de Martin Tlacuchcalcatl (Ciudad de Mexico, 1570)