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oc ixquich cahuitl.

Headword: 
oc ixquich cahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a little while from now (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
oc ixquichcauitly, oc ixquich cahuitli, oc ixquichcauitli
Alonso de Molina: 

oc ixquichcauitly. deaqui a vnpoco.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 75r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

James Lockhart writes: "In use it would probably be one person inquiring how long will it be and the other saying in effect just this long still." (Personal communication, September 20, 1012.)