ompohualli onchiucnahui

Classical Nahuatl

**Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : ōmpōhualli onchiucnāhui Ordinal : ic ōmpōhualli onchiucnāhui

Alternative forms

ompoalli onchicunaui, ompoualli onchicunaui (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From ōmpōhualli (“forty”) + om- +‎ chiucnāhui (“nine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [oːm.poːˈwa.lːi on.t͡ʃikʷˈnaː.wi]

Numeral

ōmpōhualli on chiucnāhui

forty-nine
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250v:
  49 quarenta y nueue.ompoualli onchicunaui.
  49 forty-nine. ompoualli onchicunaui.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 119r. col. 1:
  49 Quarenta y nueue . ompoualli onchicunaui.
  49 Forty-nine. ompoualli onchicunaui.
- Idem, f. 76v. col. 2.
  Ompoalli onchicunaui .quarenta y nueue.
  Ompoalli onchicunaui. forty-nine.

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 119r, 76v

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