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cien.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
cien.
Principal English Translation:
one hundred
(a loanword from Spanish)
Attestations from sources in English:
Although taken as a loan, cien or cientos, multiples of one hundred, could still have a vigesimal flavor as we see in the example from sixteenth-century Guatemala, where six hundred is attested as "four hundred and two hundred."
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
ayac quitlaxtavil guatrociendo y toçiendo ayac ytaxtavil maçeval yyuatl oquitlatlacu macevali = Hicieron servir a seiscientos macehuales sin pago, los esclavizaron.