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cennequetzalli.

Headword: 
cennequetzalli.
Principal English Translation: 

the stature of a person (see Molina); the height of a man in an erect position; following Birgitta Leander, this would be about 1.6 meters

Cited in Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 195–223, see p. 221.

IPAspelling: 
senneketsɑlli
Alonso de Molina: 

cennequetzalli. vn estado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 17r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"Otros nombres de esta medida son toctacayo, totamachiuhca, tecuauhyocuiliztli, tecuauhyoanaliztli y tetamachiliztli." Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 221.

"la unidad del cenequetzalli denominación sociolingüística que significa 'la estatura de un hombre'"
Primer coloquio de documentos pictográficos de tradición Náhuatl que se verificó en el auditorio Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, del Museo Nacional de Antropología en agosto, del día 3 al 6, de 1983 (México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, 1989), 186.