ohome
Appearance
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- oome (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Reduplicated form of ōme (“two”) with saltillo; compare ōōme (“two at a time”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]ohōme
- (distributive) two apiece; two each
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 39v:
- Cada vno dos. o ome. o ontetl.
- Two apiece. o ome. o ontetl.
- Idem, f. 254r.
- De dos en dos. vel,cada vno dos.o ome. vel,o ontetl.
- Two at a time, or two apiece. o ome, also o ontetl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 120r. col. 1:
- De dos en dos. vel. cada vno dos. ooome. vel .oon- / tetl.
- Two at a time, or two apiece. oome, also oontetl.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 120r
- J. Richard Andrews (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl: Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 317