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matetlatlatzcueponia.

Headword: 
matetlatlatzcueponia.
Principal English Translation: 

to beat someone or something with one’s hand (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mātetlahtlatzcuepōniā
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtetɬɑhtɬɑtskwepoːniɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀTETLAHTLATZCUEPŌNIĀ vt to beat someone or something with one’s hand / lo pega con la mano (T) [(3)Tp. 192]. See MĀ(I)-TL, TLAHTLATZCUEPŌNIĀ.

MĀTETLAHTLATZCUEPŌNILIĀ applic. MĀTETLAHTLATZCUEPŌNIĀ.

MĀTETLAHTLATZCUEPŌNĪLŌ nonact. MĀTETLAHTLATZCUEPŌNIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 138.