How to count in Ho-chunk (Hoocąk), a Siouan language spoken in Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa in the USA.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hižąkiira | hocekjįra |
| 2 | nųųp | wiinųp |
| 3 | taanį | wiitaanįhą |
| 4 | joop | wiijop |
| 5 | saacą | wiisacą |
| 6 | hakewe | hihakeweeja |
| 7 | šaagowį | hišagowįeja |
| 8 | haruwąk | hiharuwąkeja |
| 9 | hižąkicųšgųnį | hihižąkicųšgųnįeja |
| 10 | kerepanąįžą | hikerepąnąižąija |
| 11 | hižąkiirašąną | |
| 12 | nųųpašąną | |
| 13 | taanįašąną | |
| 14 | joopašąną | |
| 15 | saacašąną | |
| 16 | hakeweašąną́ | |
| 17 | šaagowįašąną́ | |
| 18 | haruwąkašąną | |
| 19 | hižąkicųšgųnįašąną́ | |
| 20 | kerepąnąnųųp | |
| 21 | kerepąnąnųųp nąga hižąkiira | |
| 22 | kerepąnąnųųp nąga nųųp | |
| 23 | kerepąnąnųųp nąga taanį | |
| 24 | kerepąnąnųųp nąga joop | |
| 25 | kerepąnąnųųp nąga saacą | |
| 26 | kerepąnąnųųp nąga hakewe | |
| 27 | kerepąnąnųųp nąga šaagowį | |
| 28 | kerepąnąnųųp nąga haruwąk | |
| 29 | kerepąnąnųųp nąga hižąkicųšgųnį | |
| 30 | kerepąnątaanį | |
| 40 | kerepąnąjoop | |
| 50 | kerepąnąsaacą | |
| 60 | kerepąnąhakewe | |
| 70 | kerepąnąšagowį | |
| 80 | kerepąnąharuwąk | |
| 90 | kerepąnąhižąkicųšgųnį | |
| 100 | hogihiižą | |
| 1,000 | hokí-ihi, okíhi xatéža |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Hear some Ho-Chunk numbers:
Sources and Information about Ho-Chunk numbers
https://dictionary.hochunk.org/
https://app.memrise.com/course/5450/beginning-hocak/5/
https://www.hoocak.org/learning-materials/
https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/Categoria:Numerals_en_winnebago
https://hotcakencyclopedia.com/ho.GatschetHotchankHit'e.html#anchor2232334
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