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cuetlaxmecatl.

Headword: 
cuetlaxmecatl.
Principal English Translation: 

yoke, rope, or leather strap (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuitlaxmecatl
IPAspelling: 
kwetɬɑʃmekɑtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

cuetlaxmecatl. coyunda, soga, o correa de cuero.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 26r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

yhua ce cuitlaxmecatl oquipollo 4 tºs ypatiuh = and he lost a leather strap worth 4 tomines (San Bartolomé Atenco, 1617)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 3, 60–61.

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