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cem.

Headword: 
cem.
Principal English Translation: 

one, entirely, wholly (see Karttunen); with the counter "olotl" cem may be used instead of ce, e.g., cemolotl, a name in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, on folio 651 verso (SW)

IPAspelling: 
sem
Frances Karttunen: 

CEM one, entirely, wholly / enteramente, o del todo, o juntamente (M) Generally speaking, CĒ is the free form meaning ‘one’ and CEM is the corresponding bound form. In word-final position the M delabializes, yielding CEN. Within a compound the M assimilates to adjacent nonlabial consonants. Before vowels and consonants CEM retains its underlying form. In the related forms CĒ and CĒL the M is missing and the vowel is long. Z consistently has CEM where the other sources have CEM.

CEN See CEM.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 29.

IDIEZ morfema: 
cem.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
See CĒ.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Xiquitta CĒ.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlat.
themes: 
Numbers, Math
See also: 
ce.