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macuetlaxtic.

Headword: 
macuetlaxtic.
Principal English Translation: 

someone lacking strength in an arm, someone with a withered arm (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mācuetlaxtic
IPAspelling: 
mɑːkwetɬɑʃtik
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀCUETLAXTIC someone lacking strength in an arm, someone with a withered arm / mano suelta (que no tiene fuerza) (T) [(1)Tp.164]. M has macuetlaxtli for a type of bracelet, possibly one of cured leather. See MĀ(I)-TL, CUETLAXTIC.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 129–130.

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