cempohualli once

Classical Nahuatl

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Cardinal: cempōhualli oncē     Ordinal: ic cempōhualli oncē     Adverbial: cempōhualcān onceccān, 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 once

1. 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, Alonso de Molina, 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