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amoma zan quenami.

Headword: 
amoma zan quenami.
Principal English Translation: 

it is not like that, that is not how it is (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
amoma çan quenami, ahmoma zan quenami.
Alonso de Molina: 

ahmoma zan quenami. no es assi como quiera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 5r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.