Numeral systems of Mexico and Central America / by Cyrus Thomas.

  • Cyrus Thomas
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[1901]
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Credit: Numeral systems of Mexico and Central America / by Cyrus Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3.200 vahxa-go=8X400. 3.600 beleh-go=9X400. 4.000 lahuh-go=10X400. 4.400 hulahuh-go=llX400. 4.800 cablahuh-go=12X400. 5.000 otuk-oxlahuh-go=200 on the thirteenth 400. 5.200 oxlahuh-go=13X400. 5.600 eahlahuh-go=14X400. 6.000 roolahuh-go=15X400. 6.400 vaklahuh-go=16X400. 6.800 vuklahuh-go=17X400. 7.000 otuk-vahxaklahuh-go=200 on the eighteenth 400. 7.200 vahxak-]ahuh-go=18X400. 7.600 belehlahuh-go=19 X 400. Upward from this point to 7,999 the count is based on 8,000, for which the word chuvy—which, according to Brasseur, denotes the bag or sack containing 8,000 cacao nuts, corresponding exactly with the Mexican xiquipilli—was used. 7.601 hun-ri-hu-chuvy=l on the first 8,000. 7.602 cab-ri-hu-chuvy=2 on the first 8,000, etc.' 16.000 ca-chuvy=2x8,000. 24.000 ox-chuvy=3x8,000, etc. 80.000 lahuh-chuvy=10X8,000. 88.000 hulahuh-chuvy=11X8,000. “ Y asi de los demas hasta el infinite” (Brasseur). In the other dialects of the Mayan family the lists of numerals above 10, so far as obtained, are as follow: 10 lahuh. 11 huvilahuh ^=1+10. 12 cablahuh=2+10. 13 oxlahuh=3+10. 14 cahlahuh=4-!-10. 15 vuolahuh=5-‘-10. Cakchikel^ 16 vuaklahuh=6-]-10. 17 vuklahuh=7+10. 18 vuahxaklahuh=8-hl0. 19 belehlahuh=9+10. 20 huvinak=l man. Stoll ■’ gives the old and new methods of counting among the Cakchi- quels from 40 to 80, as follow (A being substituted for j); the number equivalents are our additions: Old 40 ca-vinak=2 men 41 hun-r-oxc’al=l on the third score. 42 cai-r-oxc’al=2 on the third score. 43 oxi-r-oxc’al=3 on the third score. 44 cahi-r-oxc’al=4 on the third score. 45 voo-r-oxc’al=5 on the third score. 46 vuakaki-r-oxc’al=6 on the third score. New 40 ca-vinak=2 men. 41 ea-vinak-hun=2 men and 1, or 2x20+1. 42 ca-vinak-cai=2x20+2. 43 ca-vinak-oxi=2x20+3. 44 ca-vinak-cahi=2x20+4. 45 ca-vinak-vuoo=2x20^5. 46 ca-vinak-vuaki=2x20+6. 1 Stoll, Zur Ethhnog. Guatemala, p. 136. 2 The vi in this name is apparently incorrect; it is possibly a misprint for n. 2Soc. cit.
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