matoca

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

māitl "hand" + toca "follow"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kimaːtoka/

Verb

mātoca

1. (transitive) to touch; fondle; masturbate
   • 1599, Ioan Baptista, Confessionario en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

     Cuix oticmatocac immonacayo, in ahnoço tenacayo inic otitlayelpac?
     Porventura palpaſte tu cuerpo, o el ageno por deleytarte ſenſualmente?
     (Perhaps you have touched your body, or another's body for sensual pleasure?)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 233
• Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, pages 139–140