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matlalhuatl.

Headword: 
matlalhuatl.
Principal English Translation: 

tendon of the hand, arm (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mātlalhuatl
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtɬɑlwɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀTLALHUA-TL inalienably possessed form: -MĀTLALHUAYŌ tendon of the hand, arm / su tendón de la mano (T for possessed form) [(1)Tp. 132]. See MĀ(I)-TL, TLALHUA-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 139.