the process of using the fabric to cover (wrap) a dead body for burial (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
micca quimiloa. nite. (pret. onitemiccaquimilo.) amortajar. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.