cempohualli oncaxtolli onnahui

Classical Nahuatl

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

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From cempōhualli (“twenty”) + om- +‎ caxtōlli (“fifteen”) + om- +‎ nāhui (“four”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sem.poːˈwa.lːi oŋ.kaʃˈtoː.lːi oˈnːaː.wi]

Numeral

cempōhualli on caxtōlli on nāhui

thirty-nine
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250v.
  39 treynta y nueue.cempoualli oncaxtolli õnaui.
  39 thirty-nine. cempoualli oncaxtolli õnaui.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 119r. col. 1.
  39 Treintaynueue .cẽpouallioncaxtulli onnaui.
  39 Thirty-nine. cẽpouallioncaxtulli onnaui.
- Idem, f. 16v. col. 2.
  Cempoalli oncaxtulli onnaui. vel. cempoaltetl / oncaxtultetl onnaui . teynta y nueue.
  Cempoalli oncaxtulli onnaui, also cempoaltetl oncaxtultetl onnaui. thirty-nine.

References

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

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