to have one's hand cut open or to cut open another person's hand; to divorce, or to divide those who argue (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
matzaiana
IPAspelling:
mɑːtsɑjɑːnɑ
Alonso de Molina:
matzayana. nino. (pret. oninomatzayan.) henderseme la mano.
matzayana. nite. (pret. onitematzayan.) hender la mano a otro, hazer diuorcio, o despartir alos que riñen. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 53v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.