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matzoloa.

Headword: 
matzoloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to take a handful of something (see Molina and Siméon)

IPAspelling: 
mɑːtsoːloɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

matzoloa. nitla. (pret. onitlamatzolo) tomar vn puñado de algo.
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: 

matzoloa (p. omatzolo:ntla-) = tomar un puñado de alguna cosa
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1988), 262.