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-matzalan.

Headword: 
-matzalan.
Principal English Translation: 

compound postposition between the hooves, paws of an animal (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
-mātzālan
IPAspelling: 
-mɑːtsɑːlɑn
Frances Karttunen: 

-MĀTZĀLAN compound postposition between the hooves, paws of an animal / entre las patas del animal (T) [(1)Tp. 132]. See MĀ(I)-TL, -TZĀLAN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 140.