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necoc tene.

Headword: 
necoc tene.
Principal English Translation: 

a spade or something similar with two edges; also, a gossiper (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

necoc tene. espada de dos filos, o cosa semejante, y chismero.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 65r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.