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zan tequitl otlacuac o niman oya.

Headword: 
zan tequitl otlacuac o niman oya.
Principal English Translation: 

he just ate and ran (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
zantequitl otlaquac o niman oya, zan tequitl otlaquac o niman oya
Alonso de Molina: 

zantequitl otlaquac o niman oya. nohizo sino comer e yrse. et sic de alijs.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 14v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking