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matemotiuh.

Headword: 
matemotiuh.
Principal English Translation: 

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

Alonso de Molina: 

matemotiuh. nitla. (pret. onitlamatemotia.) buscar algo con la mano en lugar obscuro, yendo atentando.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 52v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.