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matlapololtia.

Headword: 
matlapololtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to make a slip of the hand (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mātlapolōltiā
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtɬɑpoloːltiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀTLAPOLŌLTIĀ vrefl to make a slip of the hand / se equivoca con la mano (T) [(3)Tp. 153]. See MĀ(I)-TL, TLAPOLOĀ.

MĀTLAPOLŌLTĪLŌ nonact MĀTLAPOLŌLTIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 139.