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iczan.

Headword: 
iczan.
Principal English Translation: 

once upon a time, long ago (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īczan
IPAspelling: 
iːksɑn
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪCZAN once upon a time, long ago / desde hace tiempo, alguna vez (en tiempo pasado) (T) [(3)Tp.128,227,(4)Zp.8,129,156]. In cases where this loses its final N, it contrasts with the verb ICZA ‘to step on something,’ but the verb will always have object prefixes. See ĪC, ZAN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 96.