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 |
Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Puluwatese numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puluwat_language#Counting_system
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