numeral variants
Leonel Hermida
leonelhermida at netc.pt
Sat Nov 27 20:21:48 UTC 1999
This is just for illustrating what I meant by 'variants' in numerals.
I don't include either 'counters' (oontetl) or honorifics (ometzin), though
I include both stand-alone forms and prefix forms (oon-); (all the following
appear in Joe's FC Word List).
1.
ce. = one; a; an; single.,
ce-. cepa. = once, one time.
cen-. centzontli. = four hundred; many.
cem-. cempoalli. = twenty, cemilhuitl. = one whole day
cep-. ceppa. = once; one time; first; first time.
2.
omentin. = two; both.
omenti. = two.
omen. = two.
ome. = two; both; couple.
omextin. = two; both.
omexti. = two, both.
om-. omilhuitl. = two days, ompoalilhuitl. = forty days.
on-. onxihuitl. = two years, ontzontli.= eight hundred
oon-. oontetl. = two.
o- opa. = twice, two times.
op- oppa. = two times, twice.
ooc- ooccan. = in two places.
3.
ye- yeilhuitl. = three days.
yex- yexcan. = three places.
e- eilhuitl. = three days. epoalxihuitl. = sixty years.
eintin. = three.
ei. = three.
eixtin. = three.
eei. = three.
eex-. eexcan. = in three places.
ex-. expa. = three times; thrice.
4
nahui. = four.
nahuin. = four.
nahuinti. = four.
nahuintin. = four.
nahuixti. = four.
nahuixtin. = four.
nauh-. nauhtzontli. = sixteen hundred. nahuacalli. = four boats
nah-. nahmapilli. = four fingers (e.g., of a drink).
na-. napa. = four times.
nap-. nappa. = four times, nappoalilhuitl. = eighty days
Maybe a little confusing for beginners, but a fascination just below
the surface...
Best regards,
Leonel
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