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nemmaca.

Headword: 
nemmaca.
Principal English Translation: 

to give a gift our of grace, in vain, or without reason, without gain (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nenmaca (?)
IPAspelling: 
neːmmɑkɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

nemmaca. nicte. (pret. onictenemmacac.) dar algo de gracia o de balde, o sin prouecho ni razon.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 67v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.