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matlaza.

Headword: 
matlaza.
Principal English Translation: 

to walk freely swinging your arms and having your arms hanging (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑːtɬɑːsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

matlaza. nino. (pret. oninomatlaz.) bracear andando y llevando colgados los brazos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 53r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.