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ipilli.

Headword: 
ipilli.
Principal English Translation: 

twenty (20); a word used for counting by twenties, used especially with clothing, mats, paper, tortillas, crackers, etc. (see Siméon)

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See also our headword chicuacemipilli (6 x 20 = 120).

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Cuando se cuenta por veintenas, se usan tres desinencias, según los casos: tecpantli, ipilli, y quimilli. Ipilli para los vestidos, esteras, papel, tortillas o galletas, etc.
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1988), xlvi, xlvii.

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