Classical Nahuatl

Prefix

chiuc-

1. (added to numerals) five

Usage notes

• This prefix is found only in the compound numerals chicuacē ‎(“six”), chicōme ‎(“seven”), chicuēyi ‎(“eight”) and chiucnāhui ‎(“nine”).
• Of the four numerals formed on the base of chiuc-, two are seemingly irregular:

chicuacē ‎(“six”), extended from chiuc- + cē ‎(“one”), which would otherwise yield *chiuccē.

chicōme ‎(“seven”), from chiuc- + ōme ‎(“two”), which would yield *chicuōme, but reduced as the sequence *cuo is impossible in Classical Nahuatl.

Derived terms

References

• J. Richard Andrews (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 310