xihuitl molpia.

Headword:

xihuitl molpia.

Principal English Translation:

years are bundled; the completion of a period of years; most likely the 52-year cycle; but, Molina says from fifty to fifty-three years (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants:

xiuitl molpia

Alonso de Molina:

xiuitl molpia. termino de tiempo que tenian y contauan de cincuenta en cincuenta y trez años.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 159v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes:

Time, Calendar, Frequency