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Letter M: Displaying 861 - 880 of 2902
mɑːteːl

an optative or imperative indicator, let it be done

mɑːtelwiɑ

to rub or smear something on someone (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
mateliui, matel iui, matel ihui

it is so (see Molina)

mɑteliːnɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
matelīna

to twist (see Karttunen)

mɑteloɑ

rub, or to brush something with the hands or to rub with ointments; to wound someone else with the hand (see Molina)

person or animal without fingers.
mɑːtemekɑtɬ

bracelet or hand band; arm band
Justyna Olko, Turquoise Diadems and Staffs of Office: Elite Costume and Insignia of Power in Aztec and Early Colonial Mexico (Warsaw: Polish Society for Latin American Studies and Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw, 2005), 286.

for a person or animal’s hand to swell.
mɑhteːmoɑ

to use your hands to look for something in the dark, very carefully (see Molina)

to use your hands to look for something in the dark, very carefully (see Molina)

mɑːtepɑːtʃoɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
mātepāchoā

to bruise one’s hand, to bruise someone’s hand (see Karttunen)

mɑːtepeːwɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
matepeua

to lop trees (see Molina)

a small hand (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
matepuztlaximalonito

a small adze (carpenter tool) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
matepuztli

an adze (carpenter tool) (see Molina)

mɑːtepostɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
mātepoztli

ring (for the finger) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
matepuztontli

a small adze (carpenter tool ) (see Molina)

maimed hand, that is cut short (see Molina)

mɑːteki

to cut oneself or injure one's hand with a knife; to cut someone's hand with a knife; to prune vines or trees (see Molina)

to cut s.o.’s hand.