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cemmolicpitl.

Headword: 
cemmolicpitl.
Principal English Translation: 

the measurement from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger (see Molina); 0.45 m. (see attestations)

IPAspelling: 
semmolikpitɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

cemmolicpitl. vn codo, medida hasta la punta del dedo mas largo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 16v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"Su longitud, por lo tanto, pudo haber sido de 0.40-0.45 m; aproximadamente una quinta parte del cémmatl."
Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 218.

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