cempohualli onchicueyi

Classical Nahuatl

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

Alternative forms

cempoalli onchicuei, cempoualli onchicuei, cempoualli onchicuey (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From cempōhualli (“twenty”) + om- +‎ chicuēyi (“eight”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sem.poːˈwa.lːi on.t͡ʃiˈkʷeː.ji]

Numeral

cempōhualli on chicuēyi

twenty-eight
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r.
  28 veynte y ocho.cempoualli onchicuei.
  28 twenty-eight. cempoualli onchicuei.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 2.
  28 Veynteyocho . cempouallionchicuey.
  28 Twenty-eight. cempouallionchicuey.
- Idem, f. 16v. col. 2.
  Cempoalli onchicuei. vel. cẽpoaltetl onchicuei. / veynte y ocho.
  Cempoalli onchicuei, also cẽpoaltetl onchicuei. twenty-eight.

References

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

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