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techan.

Headword: 
techan.
Principal English Translation: 

a dwelling place, habitation, abode, residence; or, someone else's house (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

techan. morada, o casa agena.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 92r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

IDIEZ morfema: 
tēchān.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
s.o. else’s house.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Ichan ce acahya tlen axcanah moixmati zo axcanah momanextia. “Quiihtoa notionan ne techan tlahuel mociciniah huan yeca axacah quinpaxaloa. ”
IDIEZ morfología: 
tē2, chāntli.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlap.