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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