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cecen.

Headword: 
cecen.
Principal English Translation: 

each one, or to each one (see Molina); or, one out of one (see Siméon)

IPAspelling: 
seːsen
Alonso de Molina: 

cecen./cecentetl. cada vno sendos, o acada vno sendos, o acada vno dellos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 15r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

cece o cecen = cada (ejemplo: cece calli, cada casa; cecen tlacatl, cada persona); cecen, cecentetl, o cecetlamantli = de uno en uno; oome, oontetl, u oontlamantli = de dos en dos; yeei, yeetetl, o yeetlamantli = de tres en tres; nanaui, nanauhtetl, o nanauhtlamantli = de cuatro en cuatro, etc.
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1988), xliv.

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