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tetematlatl.

Headword: 
tetematlatl.
Principal English Translation: 

sling (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tētemātlatl
IPAspelling: 
teːtemɑːtɬɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

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.