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matzolihui.

Headword: 
matzolihui.
Principal English Translation: 

to lose the use of one's hands (see Molina and Siméon)

Orthographic Variants: 
matzoliui
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtsoːliwi
Alonso de Molina: 

matzoliui. ni. (pret. onimatzoliuh) mancarse delas manos
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

matzoliui (p. omatzoliur: ni-) = estar privado del uso de las manos
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1988), 262.