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xepoxepy

Old Tupi

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Old Tupi numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  10  ←  13 20 40  → [a], [b], [c]
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    Cardinal: xepoxepy

Etymology

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Coined by Portuguese missionary Luís Figueira in the 17th century. Literally, “my hands, my feet”.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃɛˌpɔ.ʃɛˈpɨ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: xe‧po‧xe‧py

Numeral

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xepoxepy

  1. (hapax, Late Tupi) twenty
    • c. 1628, Luís Figueira, “Nomes adjectivos do ſingular, & plurar”, in Arte da lingua Braſilica [Art of the Brazilian language]‎[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manoel da Silva, page 3:
      Xepo xepyg […]
      [Xepoxepy […] ]

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “xe-pó-xe-py”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 509, column 1
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