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za cen yequixoa intlalticpac.

Headword: 
za cen yequixoa intlalticpac.
Principal English Translation: 

we have but one life to live on this earth, without returning to live on it again

Orthographic Variants: 
ça cen yequixoa intlalticpac
Alonso de Molina: 

za cen yequixoa intlalticpac. vno vez y no mas biuimos eneste mundo, sin tornar otra vez a biuir enel.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.