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yeccan.

Headword: 
yeccan.
Principal English Translation: 

a good place to live (speaking of where); a good hour, a good time (speaking of when) (an adverb)

IPAspelling: 
yeːkkɑːn
Alonso de Molina: 

yeccan. lugar bueno y abrigado.
yeccan. abuen tiempo. aduerbio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 34v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

YĒCCĀN (at) a good place or time / lugar bueno y abrigado (M), a buen tiempo (M) See YĒC-TLI, -CĀN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 336.

themes: 
Time, Calendar, Frequency