nanahui

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

nanaui (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

Long-vowel reduplicated form of nāhui (“four”); compare nahnāhui (“four apiece”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [naːˈnáː.wi]

Numeral

nānāhui

(distributive) four at a time; by fours.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 67v.
  De quatro en quatro. nanaui.nanauhtetl.
  Four at a time. nanaui.nanauhtetl.
- Idem, f. 254r.
  De quatro en quatro.vel,cada vno quatro. nanaui. vel, / nanauhtetl.
  Four at a time, or four each. nanaui. also, nanauhtetl.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 120r. col. 1.
  De quatro en quatro. vel. cada uno quatro.nanaui. / nanauhtetl.
  Four at a time, or four each. nanaui. nanauhtetl.

References

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

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