the cloth decorations that symbolize death and that are put on the dead to wear (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
miccauacatiliztli
IPAspelling:
mikkɑːwɑhkɑːtilistɬi
Alonso de Molina:
miccauacatiliztli. el luto que se pone por el muerto. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 56r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.