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yecualcan.

Headword: 
yecualcan.
Principal English Translation: 

there is an opportune time and a good to say or do something (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
yequalcan
Alonso de Molina: 

yequalcan. ser ya tiempo oportuno y bueno para hacer o decir algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 35v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition