a ham; or, the thigh of a pig (see Molina)
(partly a loanword from Spanish)
Alonso de Molina:
tocino metztli. pernil de tocino. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 148v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
metztli. luna, o pierna de hombre o de animal, o mes. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.