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zan nempanca.

Headword: 
zan nempanca.
Principal English Translation: 

in vain, or with no benefit

Orthographic Variants: 
zannempanca, çan nempanca
Alonso de Molina: 

zannempanca. en vano, o sin prouecho.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 14v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.