xepoxepy

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Old Tupi

**Old Tupi numbers ^(edit)**
^, ← 10	← 13	20	40 → ^{, ,}
		2
Cardinal: xepoxepy

Etymology

Coined by Portuguese missionary Luís Figueira in the 17th century. Literally, “my hands, my feet”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -ɨ
Hyphenation: xe‧po‧xe‧py

Numeral

xepoxepy

(hapax legomenon, Late Tupi) twenty
- c. 1628, Luís Figueira, “Nomes adjectivos do ſingular, & plurar”, in Arte da lingua Braſilica ‎ (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manuel da Silva, page 3:
  Xepo xepyg
  ]

References

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “xe-pó-xe-py”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 509, column 1

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