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matomitl.

Headword: 
matomitl.
Principal English Translation: 

the hair of one’s hands and arms (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mātohmitl
IPAspelling: 
mɑːtohmitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀTOHMI-TL inalienable possessed form: -MĀTOHMIYŌ the hair of one’s hands and arms / su pelo de la mano o del brazo (T) [(1)Tp. 132]. See MĀ(I)-TL, TOHMI-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 140.