matatena

• matatenas

From Classical Nahuatl maitl (“hand”)

• IPA^(key): /mataˈtena/ [ma.t̪aˈt̪e.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ma‧ta‧te‧na

matatena f (countable and uncountable, plural matatenas)

1. (countable, Mexico) a pebble
2. (uncountable, games, Mexico) jacks; knucklebones; jackstones

   Synonyms: jacks, chinta, payaya, payana

• “matatena”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “matatena”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019