small tablecloths (see Molina)
(partially a loanword from Spanish, mesa, table)
Alonso de Molina:
mesatlapachiuhcayotontli. manteles pequeños. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.