zan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zan"

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• çan
• çã
• san

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /san/

Particle

zan

1. Only; merely; just; but.
   • 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

     Nicã ompeua yn neyolmelaualoni, yn amo veyca yn çã tepiton, ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della:

     Ca àmo ōnicàhuac, ca çan ihuiān ōnicnōnōtz, no le reñi, sino que le auisè mansamente.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • Late 17C: annals of Puebla

     niman ticalaque metztli de septiembre auh niman oncan omononotzque onpualli ommatlactli caxtilteca yni san yehuantin quichihuasq̄ yn pantzin

Synonyms

• za

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 41, 43, 535–536.
• Carochi, Horacio. (1645) Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della, Juan Ruyz, ff. 109v–110r.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, pp. 345–346.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, pp. 30, 100–102, 217.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl zan

Adverb

zan

1. Only; merely; just; but.