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temecanil cuahuitl.

Headword: 
temecanil cuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

the stick or post from which people are hanged (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
temecanil quauitl, temecanil quahuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

temecanil quauitl. horca. s. el palo o rollo de donde cuelgan y ahorcan a algunos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 98r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.