certainly; justly; totally; a lot; (in a question) by chance? perhaps?; it is said; it appears that (see Molina, Karttunen)
Canin mach coyonacazco. iquac mitoa: in aca tenaualaoa, tetlacaquitia, in amo cenca quinextia tlatolli. = Where, perhaps, in a coyote's ear? This is said when someone derides and openly criticizes another, but what he says does not reveal much.
can mach mjto, ac mach qujto, ac mach qujtocaioti, in mjxitl, in tlapatl in octli = How can it be said? Who can it have been who said it? Who can it have been who referred to pulque as jimson weed? (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
quen mach huel = How fortunate! (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Este dize Tlaxcala en lugar de cuix? por ventura? interrogatiue, y antenponiendole una o lo tiene el mexicano en lugar de cenca, muy, o muy mucho. Ayuntase a diuersos verbos en tres solos tiempos de indicatiuo que son : imperfecto, perfecto, plusquamperfecto. Ex. : omachnitlaquaya, coma yo mucho.
Otras vezes esta en lugar de quilhmach, que quiere dezir : dizque. Ex. : quilhmach niaz mochan? dizque yre a tu casa?
conjugación, acaso, macha acaso no (ibid).