Numbers in Puluwatese

How to count in Puluwatese, a Micronesian language spoken mainly in Chuuk State in Micronesia.

For numbers from 1-9, various suffixes are used when counting different kinds of objects, animate things, or counting in general. The following abbreviations are used below: S = sequential numbers, G = general numbers, A = animate, L = long objects, R = round objects, F = flat objects. More details.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
1	yéét (S) yeew (G) yálááray, yeráy (A) yefór(L) yefay (R) yeréé (F)	yayewan mmwan
2	ŕúúw (S) ŕuwoow (G) ŕuweray (A) ŕuwefór, yakkélááŕuwefór (L) ŕuwefay (R) ŕuwaréé (F)	yóŕuwow
3	yéél (S) yeluuw (G) yelúray (A) yélufór (L) yelúfay (R) yelúréé (F)	yéélúwan
4	fáán (S) foow, ŕuwanú (G) faray (A) féfór, ffór, fóór, ŕuwefór (L) faafay (R) faaréé (F)	yófowan
5	liim (S) limoow (G) limman (A) liffór (L) liffay, limefay (R) limaaréé (F)	yálimow
6	woon (S) wonoow (G) wonoman (A) wonofór (L) wonofay (R) wonaaréé (F)	yówonowan
7	fúús (S) féhuuw (G) fúúman (A) fúúfór (L) fúúfay (R) fúuréé (F)	yaféhúwan
8	waal (S) waluuw (G) walúman (A) walefór (L) walufay (R) walúréé (F)	yawaluwan
9	ttiw (S) ttiwoow (G) ttiwaman (A) ttiwafór (L) ttiwafay (R) ttiwaaŕéé (F)	yattiwowan
10	heey, heeyik, yengool	yaheeyikan
11	heeyik me yeew
12	heeyik me ŕuwoow
13	heeyik me yeluuw
14	heeyik me ŕuwanú
15	heeyik me limoow
16	heeyik me wonoow
17	heeyik me féhuuw
18	heeyik me waluuw
19	heeyik me ttiwoow
20	ŕuuwe
21	ŕuuwe me yeew
22	ŕuuwe me ŕuwoow
23	ŕuuwe me yeluuw
24	ŕuuwe me ŕuwanú
25	ŕuuwe me limoow
26	ŕuuwe me wonoow
27	ŕuuwe me féhuuw
28	ŕuuwe me waluuw
29	ŕuuwe me ttiwow
30	yellik
40	fááyik
50	lime
60	wone
70	flik
80	waliik
90	ttiwe
100	yepwúkúw
200	ŕuwapwúkúw
300	yelúpwúkúw
400	fapwúkúw
500	limapwúkúw
600	wonapwúkúw
700	fúúpwúkúw
800	walupwúkúw
900	ttiwapwúkúw
1,000	yengeŕay
2,000	ŕuwangeŕay
3,000	yelingeŕay
4,000	fangeŕay
5,000	limangeŕay
6,000	wonangeŕay
7,000	fúúngeŕay
8,000	walingeŕay
9,000	ttiwangeŕay
10,000	kkit
100,000	heeyik kkit yepwúkúw engeŕay
once	fán eew

Sources

PULUWAT DICTIONARY by Samuel H. Elbert. PACIFIC LINGUISTICS Series C - No. 24. THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, 1972.
PULUWAT GRAMMAR by Samuel H. Elbert. PACIFIC LINGUISTICS Series B - No. 29. THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, 1974.

Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

Information about Puluwatese numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puluwat_language#Counting_system

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