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Letter C/CH: Displaying 1401 - 1420 of 5796

cempohualli onnahui.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalli onnaui, cempoaltetl onnaui, cempoaltetl onnahui

twenty-four

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cempohualli.

sempoːwɑlli
Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalli, cempohualli, cenpoualli, cenpohualli, cenpohuali, cenpouali, sebuhuali

twenty (see Molina and Karttunen); one full count (presumably, based on a count of the ten fingers and ten toes, all of the digits of the body)

twenty.
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cempohualmatl.

twenty units of measure called "matl" or "maitl"
For examples, see the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/cempohualmatl-t18711 and https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/cempohualmatl-hj27679pt....

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cempohualpa ixquich.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa ixquich

twenty times as much

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cempohualpa oceppa.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa oceppa, cempohualpa oceppa

twenty-one times (see Molina)

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cempohualpa omexpa.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa omexpa

twenty-three times

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cempohualpa ommacuilpa.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa ommacuilpa

twenty-five times

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cempohualpa ommatlacpa ixquich.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa ommatlacpa ixquich

thirty times as much

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cempohualpa ommatlacpa.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa ommatlacpa

thirty times

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cempohualpa omoppa.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa omoppa

twenty-two times

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cempohualpa onchicuaceppa.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa onchiquaceppa, cempohualpa onchiquaceppa

twenty-six times (see Molina)

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cempohualpa onchicuexpa.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa onchicuexpa

twenty-eight times

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cempohualpa onchicunappa.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa onchicunappa

twenty-nine times

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cempohualpa onnappa.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa onnappa

twenty-four times

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cempohualpa.

sempoːwɑlpɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa

twenty times

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cempohualpantli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpantli

twenty rows, twenty threads, etc.

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cempohualquimilli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempohual quimilli, cempoal quimilli

400; twenty bundles with 20 items such as cloths inside; one quimilli referred to a bundle of 20 items, so 20 of these meant 400 total, hence Molina's reference to 400 cloths; this is the vigesimal system par excellence, with probably twenty men carrying bundles of 20 mantas each, to be provided in tributes; while textiles were the usual referent, the quimilli could contain other things

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Cempohualteca.

Orthographic Variants: 
Cempoualteca

a kingdom of Tula (Tollan) that pertained to the Toltecs (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Literaturas de Anahuac y del Incario / Literatures of Anahuac and the Inca, ed. Miguel León-Portilla (Mexico City: Siglo Veintiuno Editories, 2006), 192.

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cempohualtianquiztli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoal tianquiztli, cempohual tianquiztli

festivals or markets that take place every twenty days (see Molina)

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cempohualxihuitl.

sempoːwɑlʃiwitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalxiuitl

twenty years

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