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zacamecatl.

Headword: 
zacamecatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a rope made from esparto or halfah (also known as "needle grass")

Orthographic Variants: 
çacamecatl
IPAspelling: 
sɑkɑmekɑtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

zacamecatl. soga desparto, ode cosa semejante.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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