cempohualpa

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

cempoalpa, cempoualpa (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From cempōhualli (“twenty”) +‎ -pa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sem.poːˈwaɬ.pa]

Adverb

cempōhualpa

twenty times
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 120v. col. 2:
  Veyntevezes. cempoualpa.
  Twenty times. cempoualpa.
- Idem, f. 16v. col. 2.
  Cempoalpa. veinte vezes.
  Cempoalpa'. twenty times.

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 120v, 16v

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