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matataca.

Headword: 
matataca.
Principal English Translation: 

to request and procure something with diligence, beg, pray (see Molina); to cup with the hands (see Siméon's interpretation of "cavar" as "ahuecar")

IPAspelling: 
mɑːtɑtɑkɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

matataca. nitla. (pret. onitlamatatacac.) cavar con la mano, o pedir y procurar algo con mucha diligencia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 52v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.