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matlanitztli.

Headword: 
matlanitztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the long bone of the arm (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mātlanītztli
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtɬɑniːtstɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀTLANĪTZ-TLI the long bone of the arm / su canilla (de brazo) (T) [(1)Tp. 132]. See MĀ(I)-TL, TLANĪTZ-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 139.

themes: 
Anatomy