cempohualli omeyi

Classical Nahuatl

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

Alternative forms

cempoalli omei, cempoualli omei, cempoualli omey (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From cempōhualli (“twenty”) + om- +‎ ēyi (“three”), literally “twenty plus three”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sem.poːˈwa.lːi oˈmeː.ji]

Numeral

cempōhualli om ēyi

twenty-three
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r:
  23 veinte y tres.cempoualli omei.
  23 twenty-three. cempoualli omei.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 2:
  23 Veynteytres . cempoualliomey.
  23 Twenty-three. cempoualliomey.
- Idem, f. 16v. col. 2.
  Cempoalli omei. vel. cempoaltetl omei . veynte / y tres.
  Cempoalli omei, also cempoaltetl omei. twenty-three.

References

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

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