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omolotl.

Headword: 
omolotl.
Principal English Translation: 

two (a numerical word used to refer to pieces of different kinds of food, such as corn cobs, cacao beans, or like things); two parts, two shares, two portions (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
oːmoːloːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

omolotl. dos mazorcas de mayz, de batatas, de cacao, o de cosas semejantes.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 76v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao
Corn, Maize
Numbers, Math