a cutting of a tree, meant for planting (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quammaitl aquiloni
Alonso de Molina:
quammaitl aquiloni. estaca de arbol para plantar. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 85r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.