ompohualpa

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

ompoalpa, ompoualpa (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From ōmpōhualli (“forty”) +‎ -pa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [oːm.poːˈwaɬ.pa]

Adverb

ōmpōhualpa

forty times
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 120v. col. 2:
  Quarentavezes. ompoualpa.
  Forty times. ompoualpa.
- Idem, f. 77r. col. 1.
  Ompoalpa. quarenta vezes.
  Ompoalpa. forty times.

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 120v, 77r

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