cempohualli once

Classical Nahuatl

**Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : cempōhualli once Ordinal : ic cempōhualli once Adverbial : cempōhualpa onceppa

Alternative forms

cempoalli oce, cempouallionce (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From cempōhualli (“twenty”) + om- +‎ ce (“one”), literally “twenty plus one”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sem.poːˈwa.lːi ˈon.se], [- ˈo.sːe]

Numeral

cempōhualli on ce

twenty-one
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r.
  21 veinte y uno.cempouallionce.
  21 twenty-one. cempouallionce.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 2.
  21 Veinteyuno . cempouallionce.
  21 Twenty-one. cempouallionce.
- Idem, f. 16v. col. 1.
  Cempoalli oce. vel. cempoaltetl oce . veynte y / vno.
  Cempoalli oce. also cempoaltetl oce. twenty-one.

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 118v, 16v

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