xe pó, xe py, abá pó, i py

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Old Tupi

Old Tupi numbers (edit)
 ←  20 40
4, , ,
    Cardinal: xe pó, xe py, abá pó, i py, xe pó, xe py, amõ abá pó, i py, xe pó, xe py, amõ abá pó, i py abé

Etymology

Coined by Portuguese-Brazilian missionary Antônio de Araújo in 1618. Literally, my hands, my feet, someone's hands, their feet.

Pronunciation

Numeral

xe , xe py, abá , i py

  1. (hapax legomenon, Late Tupi) forty
    • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Februarius”, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica , Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 3v:
      Xe pô, xepi, abâ pô, y pi, ara o membira ragoera coabirè, S. Maria o membira IeSVS reraçou T. oc-ipe T. tùbape y coabeenga, iudeos recomonhangába rupi.
      Forty days after the birth of her son, Saint Mary took her son Jesus to the synagogue to present him to God the Father, following the Jewish law.