caxtolli onnahui

Classical Nahuatl

**Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : caxtōlli om Ordinal : ic caxtōlli onnāhui Adverbial : caxtōlpa onnāhui

Alternative forms

caxtulli onnaui (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From caxtōlli (“fifteen”) + om- +‎ nāhui (“four”), literally “fifteen plus four”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kaʃˈtoː.lːi oˈnːaː.wi]

Numeral

caxtōlli on nāhui

nineteen
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r.
  19 dezinueue.caxtulli onnaui.
  19 nineteen. caxtulli onnaui.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 2.
  19 Dezinueue . caxtullionnaui.
  19 Nineteen. caxtullionnaui.
- Idem, f. 13r. col. 2.
  Caxtulli onnaui, vel caxtultetl õnaui, dezinueue.
  Caxtulli onnaui, or caxtultetl õnaui. nineteen.

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 118v, 13r

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