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cen-.
Headword:
cen-.
Principal English Translation:
one, or the entire thing; this prefix is often added to measurements; with matl the n changes to m (cemmatl); before a p we also see cem- (e.g. cempopolli), just as we do before nouns that begin with a vowel (e.g. cemixcolli, cemacuahuitl)
Orthographic Variants:
cem-