In Mexico, a unit of length among the Aztec, the distance from the middle of the sternum to the tips of the fingers of an outstretched arm, = ½ tlalquahuitl. Also spelled cenyolotli. Some say it literally means “one heart”; others “one breast”.
cenyollotli, from the middle of the breast to the end of the fingers (ce, one, yollotl, breast).
Daniel G. Brinton.
The Lineal Measures of the Semi-Civilized Nations of Mexico and Central America.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 18, no. 118 pages 194- 197 (March 1885).
Page 202.
medida de bra�a, desdel pecho ala mano
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