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ye imman.

Headword: 
ye imman.
Principal English Translation: 

it is time now; now

Orthographic Variants: 
ye inman
Alonso de Molina: 

Yeimman. ser ya tiempo. s. de hazer algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, f. 35r.

Lockhart’s Nahuatl as Written: 

imman, particle. time to do something, late. probably originally in, mani. 220
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 220.

themes: 
Time, Calendar, Frequency