Search Issues: Update 2026-09-16 - Repairs to some of our search pages are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!
Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.
matzatzaztli.
Headword:
matzatzaztli.
Principal English Translation:
a finger ring known to have been worn by merchants (see attestations)
Attestations from sources in English:
auh ie inpan nez, in teucuitlatentetl, ioan teucuitlanacochitli, ioan maxitlaztli: iehoatl in motocaiotia matzatzaztli, anillo = And in their time appeared gold lip and ear plugs and rings for the fingers—those called matzatzatli [or] anillo (sixteenth century, Mexico City)