How to count in Wamesa, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in West Papua in Indonesia.
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Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
---|---|---|
1 | siri | retena |
2 | muandu | veve muandu |
3 | toru | veve toru |
4 | at | veve at |
5 | rim | veve rim |
6 | rim e siri (lit. 5+1) | veve rim e siri |
7 | rim e muandu (lit. 5+2) | veve rim e muandu |
8 | rim e toru (lit. 5+3) | veve rim e toru |
9 | rim e at (lit. 5+4) | veve rim e at |
10 | sura | veve sura |
11 | sura e siri | |
12 | sura e muandu | |
13 | sura e toru | |
14 | sura e at | |
15 | sura e rim | |
16 | sura e rim e siri | |
17 | sura e rim e muandu | |
18 | sura e rim e toru | |
19 | sura e rim e at | |
20 | siniotu siri (lit. one person) | |
21 | siniotu siri e vemandi siri | |
22 | siniotu siri e vemandi muandu | |
23 | siniotu siri e vemandi toru | |
24 | siniotu siri e vemandi at | |
25 | siniotu siri e vemandi rim | |
26 | siniotu siri e vemandi rim e siri | |
27 | siniotu siri e vemandi rim e muandu | |
28 | siniotu siri e vemandi rim e toru | |
29 | siniotu siri e vemandi rim e at | |
30 | siniotu siri e vemandi sura | |
40 | siniotu muandu (lit. two persons) | |
50 | siniotu muandu e vemandi sura | |
60 | siniotu toru (lit. three persons) | |
70 | siniotu toru e vemandi sura | |
80 | siniotu at (lit. four persons) | |
90 | siniotu at e vemandi sura | |
100 | utin siri | |
200 | utin muanda | |
300 | utin toru | |
400 | utin at | |
500 | utin rim | |
600 | utin rim e siri | |
700 | utin rim e muandu | |
800 | utin rim e toru | |
900 | utin rim e at | |
1,000 | siaran siri | |
2,000 | siaran muandu | |
3,000 | siaran toru | |
4,000 | siaran at | |
5,000 | siaran rim | |
6,000 | siaran rim e siri | |
7,000 | siaran rim e muandu | |
8,000 | siaran rim e toru | |
9,000 | siaran rim e at | |
10,000 | siaran sura | |
1/2 | dovaru | |
1/4 | dovaru veve at | |
1 1/2 | siri e tamua |
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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