cempohualli onchiucnahui

Classical Nahuatl

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

Alternative forms

cempoalli onchicunaui, cempoualli onchicunaui (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From cempōhualli (“twenty”) + om- +‎ chiucnāhui (“nine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sem.poːˈwa.lːi on.t͡ʃikʷˈnaː.wi]

Numeral

cempōhualli on chiucnāhui

twenty-nine
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250v:
  29 veynte y nueue.cempoualli onchicunaui.
  29 twenty-nine. cempoualli onchicunaui.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 2:
  29 Veynteynueue. cempouallionchicunaui.
  29 Twenty-nine. cempouallionchicunaui.
- Idem, f. 16v. col. 2.
  Cempoalli onchicunaui. vel. cempoaltetl onchi- / cunaui. veynte y nueue.
  Cempoalli onchicunaui, also cempoaltetl onchicunaui. twenty-nine.

References

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

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