one who makes articles from feathergrass, hemp, or esparto grass (see Molina)
IPAspelling:
ʃomɑlpetɬɑtʃiːwki
Alonso de Molina:
xomalpetlachiuhqui. espartero que haze obra de esparto. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 161r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.