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Meaning of zontle




Manuel Penichet P

zontle
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The word zontle is of Náhuatl origin, used to define a weight or measurement equivalent to a set of 400 units. Example: 400 corn, 400 chiles, etc. However, already in the colonial era, when cocoa was still the currency in the new Spain, the zontle was equivalent to 40 cocoas.

  




Hector

Mexico; Unit for measuring firewood equivalent to 400 log, divided in 20 packages of 20 logs each

  



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