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maccuauhuitl.

Headword: 
maccuauhuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

hand sword of wood edged with obsidian (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
māccuauhuitl
IPAspelling: 
mɑːkkɑuɑwitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀCCUAuHU(I)-TL hand sword of wood edged with obsidian / macana, especie de espada de madera guarnecida por ambos lados de cuchillos de obsidiana (S) [(1)Bf. 10R]. The single attestation has locative MĀC ´in the hand´ as the initial element, although S assumes it is MĀ ‘hand.’ See MĀ(I)-TL, -C(O), CUAHU(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 127.

themes: 
Stones, Masonry
Weapons, Shields, Heraldry
Wood, wooden material
See also: 
tepozmaccuauhuitl.