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mateloa.

Headword: 
mateloa.
Principal English Translation: 

rub, or to brush something with the hands or to rub with ointments; to wound someone else with the hand (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑteloɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

mateloa. nitla. (pret. onitlamatelo.) fricar, o refregar algo con las manos, o untar con unguentos.
mateloa. nite. (pret. onitematelo.) herir a otro con la mano.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 52v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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