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zanic ninemi nitlacua.

Headword: 
zanic ninemi nitlacua.
Principal English Translation: 

to be interested only in eating (see Molina); Molina gives this example in the first person, singular, present tense.

Orthographic Variants: 
çanic ninemi nitlaqua, zanic ninemi nitlaqua
Alonso de Molina: 

zanic ninemi nitlaqua. no entender en otra cosa sino en comer.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 14r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
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