cempohualli oncaxtolli omome

Classical Nahuatl

**Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : cempōhualli oncaxtōlli omōme Ordinal : ic cempōhualli oncaxtōlli omōme

Alternative forms

cempoalli oncaxtulli omome, cempoualli oncaxtolli omome, cempoualli oncaxtulli omome (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From cempōhualli (“twenty”) + om- +‎ caxtōlli (“fifteen”) + om- +‎ ōme (“two”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sem.poːˈwa.lːi oŋ.kaʃˈtoː.lːi oˈmoː.me]

Numeral

cempōhualli on caxtōlli om ōme

thirty-seven
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250v.
  37 treynta y ſiete.cempoualli oncaxtolli omome.
  37 thirty-seven. cempoualli oncaxtolli omome.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 119r. col. 1.
  37 Treintayſiete. cempouallioncaxtulli omome.
  37 Thirty-seven. cempouallioncaxtulli omome.
- Idem, f. 16v. col. 2.
  Cempoalli oncaxtulli omome. vel. cempoaltetl / oncaxtulli omome. vel. cempoaltetl oncaxtul / tetl omome . treynta y ſiete.
  Cempoalli oncaxtulli omome. also cempoaltetl oncaxtulli omome, also cempoaltetl oncaxtultetl omome. thirty-seven.

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 119r. 16v

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