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cuauhcoyahuac.

Headword: 
cuauhcoyahuac.
Principal English Translation: 

the distance or space between beams in a wooden structure (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhcoyauac, quauhcoyahuac
Alonso de Molina: 

quauhcoyauac. lo mesmo es que calcayotl.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings