to seize something with the hand, to direct something with one’s hand (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
mātechāna
IPAspelling:
mɑːtetʃɑːnɑ
Frances Karttunen:
MĀTECHĀN(A) vt to seize something with the hand, to direct something with one’s hand / lo agarra con la mano , lo coge con la mano, lo guía con la mano, lo lleva con la mano (T) [(3)Tp. 191]. See MĀ(I)-TL, -TECH, ĀN(A).
MĀTECHĀNILIĀ applic. MĀTECHĀN(A)
MĀTECHĀNALŌ nonact. MĀTECHĀN(A) Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 138.