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centzontli

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Classical Nahuatl

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Classical Nahuatl numbers (edit)
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40
    Cardinal: centzontli

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ce (one) +‎ tzontli (lock of hair, tuft of grass).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [senˈt͡son.t͡ɬi]

Numeral

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centzontli

  1. four hundred
    • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 119r. col. 1:
      ¶Y deſta manera van multiplicando, de veynte en veynte, haſta llegar a cuatrocientos, que dizen / 400 Centzuntli.
      And they keep multiplying in this manner, by twenties, until they reach four hundred, which they call 400 Centzuntli.
    • Idem, f. 28r. col. 2.
      Centzuntli. quatrocientos, o vna mata de ortali / za, o de yerua.
      Centzuntli. four hundred, or the leaves of a vegetable or a tuft of grass.

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