caxtolli omome

Classical Nahuatl

**Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers**
< 16	17	18 >
Cardinal : caxtōlli omōme Ordinal : ic caxtōlli omōme Adverbial : caxtōlpa omōme

Alternative forms

caxtulli omome (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From caxtōlli (“fifteen”) + om- +‎ ōme (“two”), literally “fifteen plus two”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kaʃˈtoː.lːi oˈmoː.me]

Numeral

caxtōlli om ōme

seventeen
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r.
  17 deziſiete.caxtulli omome.
  17 seventeen. caxtulli omome.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 2.
  17 Deziſiete . caxtulliomome.
  17 Seventeen. caxtulliomome.
- Idem, f. 13r. col. 2.
  Caxtulli omome, vel, caxtultetl omome. d̃ziſiete
  Caxtulli omome, or caxtultetl omome. seventeen.

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 118v, 13r

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