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NAHUATL NUMBERS 
Nahuatl * 
matlactli=2 hands. 
matlactli once=10+1, or 2 hands-++1. 
matlactli om-ome=10-+2. 
matlactli om-ei=10+3. 
matlactli on-naui=10-+-4. 
caxtolli. 
caxtolli once=15—1. 
caxtolli om-ome=15+2. 
caxtolli om-ei=15+-3. 
caxtolli on-nau=15—-4. 
cempoalli?=1 counting or complete count. 
cempoalli on-ce=20—1. 
cempoalli om-ome=20+ 2. 
cempoalli om-ei=20—-3. 
cempoalli on-naui=20—-4. 
cempoalli om-macuilli=20 
cempoalli on-chiqua-ce=20+5—+-1. 
cempoalli on-chic-ome=20+ 
cempoalli on-chic-uei=20--5-3. 
cempoalli on-chico-naui=20+5+4. 
cempoalli om-matlactli=20—10. 
cempoalli om-matlactli once=20-+-10+1. 
cempoalli om-matlactli om-ome=20—+-10+2. 
cempoalli. om-matlactli om-ei=20+10+3. 
cempoalli om-matlactli on-naui=20+10+4. 
cempoalli on-caxtolli=20+-15. 
cempoalli on-caxtolli on-ce=20+15+1. 
cempoalli on-caxtolli om-ome=20-+15+2. 
cempoalli on-caxtolli om-ei=20+-15+3. 
cempoalli on-caxtolli on-naui=20+15-+4. 
ompoalli=2 20, or two twenties. 



D. 
The count follows the same order as that from 20 to 39, the only 
variation being in the names of the multiples of 20, that is to say, 60, 
80, 100, etc., which are as follows : 
60 
ei-poalli, or epoalli=3 x 20. 
nauh-poalli=4>< 20. 
macuil-poalli=5 x 20. 
chiqua-cem-poalli=6 20, or literally (5+1) x20. 
chic-om-poalli=7 x 20, or literally (5+2) x 20. 
chic-ue-poalli=8 20, or literally (5+3) x 20. 
chico-nauh-poalli=9 x 20, or literally (5+4) x20, 
chico-nauh-poalli chiqua-c=920-+5—1. 
chico-nauh-poalli ipan caxtolli on-nau=9 x 20-+-15+4. 
matlac-poalli=10 20. 
matlactli on-cem-poalli=11 20, or (10+-1) x20. 
matlactli om-om-poalli=12 x 20. 
matlactli om-ei-poalli=13 x 20. 
matlactli on-nauh-poalli=14 x 20. 

1Siméon, Dic. Langue Nahuatl, p. xxxiii. 
2Cempoalli signifies one entire or complete count, from ce, one, and poa or poua, to be counted or 
estimated. 
