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ye ye, yy, yeya, a a.

Headword: 
ye ye, yy, yeya, a a.
Principal English Translation: 

an expression used when someone discovers another person up to no good (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
yeye
Alonso de Molina: 

ye ye, yy, yeya. a a . delque halla a otro haziendo algun maleficio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 35r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
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