cenxiquipilli

Classical Nahuatl

Classical Nahuatl numbers (edit)
80,000
 ←  6,000 8,000 40,000  → 
800
    Cardinal: cenxiquipilli
    Ordinal: ic cenxiquipilli
    Adverbial: cenxiquipilcān, cenxiquipilpa

Alternative forms

  • cexiquipilli, çenxiquipilli (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From ce (“one”) (combining form cen-) + xiquipilli (“a bag; 8,000”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sen.ʃi.ki.pil.li/

Noun

cenxiquipilli

  1. eight thousand

References

  • Wright, David (2016) Lectura del Náhuatl, rev. ed. edition, Ciudad de México: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas, page 180
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