cecen
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- cecẽ (abbreviated spelling)
Etymology edit
Reduplicated form of ce (“one”); compare cehcen (“one apiece”).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
cēcen
- (distributive) one at a time; one by one.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 254r:
- ¶De vno en vno. vel cada vno ſẽdos,cecẽ.vel,cecẽtetl.
- One at a time, or one apiece. cecẽ, also cecẽtetl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 120r. col. 1:
- ¶ De vno en vno . vel. cada vno ſendos. cecen. vel. / cecentetl.
- One at a time, or one apiece. cecen, also cecentetl.
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 120r
- J. Richard Andrews (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl: Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 317
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from Cecenia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cecen m (plural ceceni, feminine equivalent cecenă)
Adjective edit
cecen m or n (feminine singular cecenă, masculine plural ceceni, feminine and neuter plural cecene)