cempohualli once
Classical Nahuatl
| ← 20 | 21 | 22 → |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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.
- Cempoalli oce. vel. cempoaltetl oce . veynte y / vno.
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 118v, 16v