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matlaxilia.

Headword: 
matlaxilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to signal to someone, to beckon to someone with the hand (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mātlāxiliā
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtɬɑːʃiliɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀTLĀXILIĀ vt to signal to someone, to beckon to someone with the hand / le hace señas con la mano, lo llama con la mano (T) [(3)Tp.192]. See MĀI-TL, TLĀXILIĀ.

MĀTLĀXILILIĀ applic. MĀTLĀXILIĀ

MĀTLĀXILĪLŌ nonact. MĀTLĀXILIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 139.