TĒTEMĀTL(A)-TL pl: -MEH sling / honda (T) [(1)Tp.134]. M has tematlatl 'slingshot,' of which this seems to be a reduplicated form. Despite the affinity of sense, this does not contain AHTLA-TL 'spear thrower' as an element of the compound. See TE-TL, MĀTL(A)-TL. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 234.