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matlecahuia.

Headword: 
matlecahuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to help someone climb up (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
matlecauia
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtɬekɑːwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

matlecauia. nite. (pret. onitematlecaui) dar del pie a otro paraque suba arriba.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 53v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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