cempohualli omome

Classical Nahuatl

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

Alternative forms

cempoalli omome, cempoualli omome (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From cempōhualli (“twenty”) + om- +‎ ōme (“ōme”), literally “twenty plus two”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sem.poːˈwa.lːi oˈmoː.me]

Numeral

cempōhualli om ōme

twenty-two
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r:
  22 veinte y dos.cempoualli omome.
  22 twenty-two. cempoualli omome.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 2:
  22 Venteydos . cempoualliomome.
  22 Twenty-two. cempoualliomome.
- Idem, f. 16v. col. 1.
  Cempoalli omome. vel cempoaltetl omome . ve / ynte y dos.
  Cempoalli omome. also cempoaltetl omome. twenty-two.

References

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

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