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matepoztli.

Headword: 
matepoztli.
Principal English Translation: 

ring (for the finger) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mātepoztli
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtepostɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀTEPOZ-TLI ring (for the finger) / anillo (Z,X) [(2)Zp. 11, 159, (4)Xp. 52]. M glosses this as ‘adze, a hand-held cutting tool.’ The literal sense is ´hand metal.´ See MĀ(I)-TL, TEPOZ-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 138.

themes: 
Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments