"nahui" meaning in Classical Nahuatl

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Numeral

IPA: [ˈnáː.wi] Forms: nāhui [canonical], nau [alternative], naui [alternative], navi [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Nahuan *naawi. Etymology templates: {{inh|nci|azc-nah-pro|*naawi}} Proto-Nahuan *naawi Head templates: {{head|nci|numeral|head=nāhui}} nāhui
  1. four Categories (topical): Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers
    Sense id: en-nahui-nci-num-BO-vCA9a Categories (other): Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Derived forms: chiucnāhui, nāhuilhuitl, nāppāntli, nāppa, nāuhmētztli, nāuhōlōtl, nāuhtetl, nāuhtlamantli, nāuhpōhualli, nāuhtzontli, nāuhxihuitl, nāuhxiquipili

Alternative forms

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        {
          "word": "nāppa"
        },
        {
          "word": "nāuhmētztli"
        },
        {
          "word": "nāuhōlōtl"
        },
        {
          "word": "nāuhtetl"
        },
        {
          "word": "nāuhtlamantli"
        },
        {
          "word": "nāuhpōhualli"
        },
        {
          "word": "nāuhtzontli"
        },
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          "word": "nāuhxihuitl"
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          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r:",
          "text": "4 quatro.naui.",
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        },
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          "english": "4 Four. naui.",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 1:",
          "text": "4 Quatro . naui.",
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        },
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    },
    {
      "word": "nāppa"
    },
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      "word": "nāuhmētztli"
    },
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      "word": "nāuhōlōtl"
    },
    {
      "word": "nāuhtetl"
    },
    {
      "word": "nāuhtlamantli"
    },
    {
      "word": "nāuhpōhualli"
    },
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      "word": "nāuhtzontli"
    },
    {
      "word": "nāuhxihuitl"
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      "word": "nāuhxiquipili"
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      "form": "naui",
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    },
    {
      "form": "navi",
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