xepoxepy
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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
- c. 1628, Luís Figueira, “Nomes adjectivos do ſingular, & plurar”, in Arte da lingua Braſilica[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manoel da Silva, page 3:
- Xepo xepyg […]
- [Xepoxepy […] ]
References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “xe-pó-xe-py”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 509, column 1