bamboo; cane stalk(s); a stout cane; reed(s) (see Molina, Sahagún, and Karttunen)
See an image that represents otlatl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
ca yehhuatl ic pepenalo, in cualli itlachieliz, in mimatqui, in mimatini, in chipahuac inacayo, cuillotic, acatic, piaztic, iuhquin otlatl, ipanoca temimiltic, amo
tlacazolnacayo, amo tomahuac, amo no tete... = indeed he who was thus chosen was of fair countenance, of good understanding, quick, of clean body, slender, reed-like, long and thin, like a stout cane, like a stone column all over, not of overfed body, not corpulent, nor very small, nor exceedingly tall. (b.2 f.2 p.65)
utlatl tzotzopaztli = cane stalks; battens
bamboo (central Mexico, sixteenth century)