Search Issues: Update 2026-09-16 - Repairs to some of our search pages are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

zan achitonca.

Headword: 
zan achitonca.
Principal English Translation: 

just a little bit of time, just a little while (an adverb)

Orthographic Variants: 
çan achitonca
Alonso de Molina: 

zan achitonca. vmpoco de tiempo. (aduerbio.)
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 14r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Time, Calendar, Frequency