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matechana.

Headword: 
matechana.
Principal English Translation: 

to seize something with the hand, to direct something with one’s hand (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mātechāna
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtetʃɑːnɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀTECHĀN(A) vt to seize something with the hand, to direct something with one’s hand / lo agarra con la mano , lo coge con la mano, lo guía con la mano, lo lleva con la mano (T) [(3)Tp. 191]. See MĀ(I)-TL, -TECH, ĀN(A).

MĀTECHĀNILIĀ applic. MĀTECHĀN(A)

MĀTECHĀNALŌ nonact. MĀTECHĀN(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 138.