expa

expa

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

ēyi "three" + -pa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːʃpa/

Adverb

ēxpa

1. Thrice; three times.
   • 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della

     in ye ic expa motlátlātlauhtilìtìcaya in Totēcuiyo, yēquénè moquīxtìtihuetzico in ītlachīhualtzin in Angel, à la tercera vez, que orò Nuestro Señor, vino finalmente, el Angel criatura suya.

     (The third time that our Lord prayed, the angel, his creature, finally came.)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 222
• Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), translated and edited with commentary by James Lockhart, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pages 428–429
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 78
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 217

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : eyi     Ordinal : expa

Adjective

expa

1. third.