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namaco.

Headword: 
namaco.
Principal English Translation: 

to be sold (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
nɑmɑkoː
Alonso de Molina: 

namaco. ni. (pret. oninamacoc.) ser vendido.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 062v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

NAMACŌ altern. nonact. NAMACA .

NAMACA vt to sell something / vender algo (M) This verb commonly incorporates objects, yielding such constructions as OCNAMACA 'to sell pulque/ ĒLŌNAMACA 'to sell corn,’ etc.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 158.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy