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can machpa.
Headword:
can machpa.
Principal English Translation:
from where, whence (see Sahagún)
Attestations from sources in English:
Can machpa tivitze. Iquac mjtoa: intla aca cenca techtolinja, anoҫo, techmjctiznequj, amo ma tijoavan, ҫan tecnjuh: ic onmonanqujlia. Can machpa tivitze = Whence do we come? It is said at this time: if someone uses us very badly or tries to kill us - not our enemies, only our friends - then it is replied: "Whence do we come?" (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
Can machpa tivitze. Iquac mjtoa: intla aca cenca techtolinja, anoҫo, techmjctiznequj, amo ma tijoavan, ҫan tecnjuh: ic onmonanqujlia. Can machpa tivitze = Aunque agora me desconocen y desfauorescen mjs parientes ãdãdo el tiempo bolueran por mj. Este refran dize: el que a caydo en manos de sus acreedores o de los que le maltratan y no buelue nadie por el y dize cam machpa tiujtze acordarse an mjs parientes que soy su pariente y fauorescerme an (centra de Mexico, s. XVII)