long conversation or speech about various subjects (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
ecamecatl. platica larga y prolixa de diuersas materias. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 28r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.