secondary ear of maize that remains small and does not develop fully (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
mōlcatl
IPAspelling:
moːlkɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen:
MŌLCA-TL secondary ear of maize that remains small and does not develop fully / mazorca chiquita o segunda, inferior (Z) l(4)Zp.80,82,170]. In one attestation the vowel of the second syllable is marked long. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 151.