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matia.

Headword: 
matia.
Principal English Translation: 

to equip something with hands or arms (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mātiā
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtiɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀTIĀ vt to equip something with hands or arms / poner manos a la estatura o figura (C) [(1)Cf. 127V]. C contrasts this with MATIYA, the imperfect form of MAT(I). See MA(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 138.