centzontli

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Classical Nahuatl

**Classical Nahuatl numbers ^(edit)**
← 100	400	800 →
	40
Cardinal: centzontli

Alternative forms

centzuntli (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From ce (“one”) +‎ tzontli (“lock of hair, tuft of grass”).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

centzontli

four hundred
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 119r. col. 1:
  ¶Y deſta manera van multiplicando, de veynte en veynte, haſta llegar a cuatrocientos, que dizen / 400 Centzuntli.
  And they keep multiplying in this manner, by twenties, until they reach four hundred, which they call 400 Centzuntli.
- Idem, f. 28r. col. 2.
  Centzuntli. quatrocientos, o vna mata de ortali / za, o de yerua.
  Centzuntli. four hundred, or the leaves of a vegetable or a tuft of grass.

Derived terms

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 119r, 28r
Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 87

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