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zance.

Headword: 
zance.
Principal English Translation: 

only one (see Karttunen); literally, zan ce (just one) (SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
zancē, zan ce
IPAspelling: 
sɑnseː
Frances Karttunen: 

ZANCĒ only one / solamente uno (C). Variants include ZAZCĒ and ZANCEN. See ZAN, CEM.

ZAZCĒ See ZANCĒ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 346.

IDIEZ morfema: 
zance.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
cencah. “Quemman techcentiliah cihuameh, tlahuel tihuahcahuah pampa axzance tozanil ticpiyah.”
IDIEZ def. español: 
“Cuando nos reúnen las mujeres nos tardamos mucho porque no tenemos la misma palabra.
IDIEZ gramática: 
pil.