xepoxepy

Old Tupi

Old Tupi numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: xepoxepy

Etymology

Coined by Portuguese missionary (c. 1575 – 1643) Luís Figueira in the 17th century. Literally, “my hands, my feet”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛˌpɔ.ʃɛˈpɨ]
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: xe‧pó‧xe‧py

Numeral

xepoxepy

1. (hapax, Late Tupi) twenty
   • 1687 [1621], Luís Figueira, “Nomes adjectivos do ſingular, & plurar”, in Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina de Miguel Deslandes, page 4:

     Xepó xepyg […]

     [Xepoxepy […] ]