How to count in Kwara’ae, an Oceanic language spoken mainly on Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands.
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Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
---|---|---|
1 | teiq, etan, yat | yatyat |
2 | ro, ru’an | ruqan |
3 | ul | ulan |
4 | hei, heiqan | |
5 | liam, liman | |
6 | oan, onoan | |
7 | hiu, hiuan | |
8 | kwaol | |
9 | siok, sikwan | |
10 | akleiq, tang hual | |
11 | akleiq ru ma teiq ru | |
12 | akleiq ru ma ro ru | |
13 | akleiq ru ma ul ru | |
14 | akleiq ru ma hei ru | |
15 | akleiq ru ma liam ru | |
16 | akleiq ru ma oan ru | |
17 | akleiq ru ma hiu ru | |
18 | akleiq ru ma kwoal ru | |
19 | akleiq ru ma siok ru | |
20 | ro akleiq ru | |
21 | ro akleiq ru ma teiq ru | |
22 | ro akleiq ru ma ro ru | |
23 | ro akleiq ru ma ul ru | |
24 | ro akleiq ru ma hei ru | |
25 | ro akleiq ru ma liam ru | |
26 | ro akleiq ru ma oan ru | |
27 | ro akleiq ru ma hiu ru | |
28 | ro akleiq ru ma kwaol ru | |
29 | ro akleiq ru ma siok ru | |
30 | ul akleiq ru | |
40 | hei akleiq ru | |
50 | liam akleiq ru | |
60 | oan akleiq ru | |
70 | hiu akleiq ru | |
80 | kwaol akleiq ru | |
90 | siok akleiq ru | |
100 | tal ngaeq ru | |
200 | ro tal ngaeq ru | |
300 | ul tal ngaeq ru | |
400 | hei tal ngaeq ru | |
500 | liam tal ngaeq ru | |
600 | oan tal ngaeq ru | |
700 | hiu tal ngaeq ru | |
800 | kwaol tal ngaeq ru | |
900 | siok tal ngaeq ru |
Source: Source: Daryl Eveline MacDonald. A Grammar Sketch of Kwaraqae. The University of Waikato, New Zealand, 2010.
Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Kwara'ae numerals
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Kwaraae.htm
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