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cematlapalli.

Headword: 
cematlapalli.
Principal English Translation: 

a leaf from a wide herb; or, a bird's wing; or, a page from a book (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

cematlapalli. una hoja de yerua ancha, o una ala de ave, o vna hoja de libro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 15v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Writing, Literacy