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sɑsɑmɑwɑk
Orthographic Variants: 
çaçamauac

swollen, bloated, pale (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
çaçammitoa

a remark made offhandedly and of little credit

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çaçan campa

over there wherever

Orthographic Variants: 
çaçantleino, zazantleino

a what-is-it?; any old thing; whatever (an adverb); a common vocabulary word in predicting the future, in riddles and conundrums (see Molina and attestations)

a common house (see attestations); any old house (SW)

sɑːsɑn
Orthographic Variants: 
zāzan

any which way, without coherence or sense (see Karttunen)

a plant whose roots are downy and good for fueling a fire; the roots also have a medicinal value believed to alleviate flatulence, expel worms, and cure diarrhea

The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 138.

sɑːsɑnilwiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
çaçanilhuia

to tell tales, tell stories to pass the time (see Molina)

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çaçanillatolli, zazanillahtolli

a fable (from zazanilli + tlatolli or tlahtolli)

sɑːsɑnilli
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çaçanilli

a little tale or story to make people laugh, a joke (see Molina); or, a fable (see Sahagún); a riddle (see Sahagún)

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çaçannen

too much; in vain; uselessly

sɑssemi

at one and the same time (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
zazoacye, çaçoacye, çaço ac ye

whoever, whomever, or whatever person it might be

Orthographic Variants: 
zazo acyehuatl, çaço acyehuatl, çaço ac yehuatl

whoever, whomever, or whatever person it might be

anyone, or it will be who it will be

Orthographic Variants: 
zazocampa, çaçocampa, çaço canapa, çaço canin, çaço cana, çaço cacampa, çaço can, çaço campa

wherever, from wherever, to or through any particular place (an adverb)

Orthographic Variants: 
çaço canin

to or from wherever

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çaço catlehuatl

whichever of those

Orthographic Variants: 
zazo inaquin, çaço inaquin, çaço in aquin

whichever, or whoever it might be (an adverb)

Orthographic Variants: 
zazo in yquin, çaço in yquin

whenever (an adverb) (see Molina)