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mapilzazalihuiyantli.

Headword: 
mapilzazalihuiyantli.
Principal English Translation: 

finger joint, knuckle (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mahpilzahzālihuiyāntli
IPAspelling: 
mɑhpilsɑhsɑːliwiyɑːntɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

MAHPILZAHZĀLIHUIYĀN-TLI finger joint, knuckle / conjunturas de los dedos de las manos (M), artejo (Z) [(2)Zp.14,159]. See MAHPIL-LI, ZĀLIUHYĀN-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 131.

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