xepoxepy
Old Tupi edit
[a], [b] ← 10 | ← 13 | 20 | 40 → | |
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2 | ||||
Cardinal: xepoxepy |
Etymology edit
Coined by Portuguese missionary (c. 1575 – 1643) Luís Figueira in the 17th century. Literally, “my hands, my feet”.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
xepoxepy
- (hapax, Late Tupi) twenty
- 1687 [1621], Luís Figueira, “Nomes adjectivos do ſingular, & plurar”, in Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina de Miguel Deslandes, page 4:
- Xepó xepyg […]
- [Xepoxepy […] ]
References edit
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “xe-pó-xe-py”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 509, column 1