can in Classical Nahuatl

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      "form": "cān",
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      "form": "cānin",
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          "word": "campa"
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          "text": "Adonde?can?cancuixpan?cãcuix? cãyepa? canin? campa?Aduerbio.para preguntar.",
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          "text": "Idem, f. 12r. col. 2.\nCan?adonde?Aduerbio.para preguntar."
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          "word": "ahcān"
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          "word": "nicān"
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    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "can"
}

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    "Pages with 38 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yucatec Maya lemmas",
    "Yucatec Maya nouns"
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      "form": "cān",
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      "form": "cānin",
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      "word": "oncān"
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          "text": "Adonde?can?cancuixpan?cãcuix? cãyepa? canin? campa?Aduerbio.para preguntar.",
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          "text": "Idem, f. 12r. col. 2.\nCan?adonde?Aduerbio.para preguntar."
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    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn/"
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  "word": "can"
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"can" meaning in Classical Nahuatl

Pronoun