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When we segment the above forms we get the following allomrphs of the gender suffixes.
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| -o:r |
 -war: |
Masc. sg. suffix occurring with numeral ‘one’ |
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-wir: |
Masc.pl. suffix occurring elsewhere |
| -nd |
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Non-masc.sg.suffix occurring with numeral ‘one’ |
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-n : |
Non-masc.pl. suffix occurring with numerals ‘two and three’ |
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- : |
Non-masc. pl. suffix which occurs elsewhere |
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In higher numbers the masculine and non-masculine suffixes are added to the numbers ren, mu:n, na:lu, (h)a:ru if these numbers are in the unit place. Examples: mu:n ko:i: mu:wir ma:ne:r ‘sixtythreee men’ and not mu:wir ko:i: mu:wir ma:ne:r.
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6.1.2. Numbers from seven onwards are borrowed from Indo-Aryan. They are:
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sa:t(u:) |
‘seven’ |
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a: (u:) |
‘eight’ |
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naw(u:) |
‘nine’ |
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das(u:) |
‘ten’ |
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gya:ra: |
‘eleven’ |
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ba:ra: |
‘twelve’ |
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te:ra: |
‘thirteen’ |
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cawda: |
‘fourteen’ |
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pandra: |
‘fifteen’ |
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so:ra: |
‘sixteen’ |
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satra: |
‘seventeen’ |
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aa:ra: |
‘eighteen’ |
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una:yis |
‘nineteen’ |
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ko:i: |
‘twenty’ |
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saw |
‘hundred’ |
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haja:r |
‘thousand’ |
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Some speakers use the Dravidian numerals pad ‘ten’ and nu:r ‘hundred’ in place of the borrowed numerals das and saw respectively.
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For the numerals one to six, the data show also pronominal derivations in first, second and third persons.
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(ma:)iruwir-o:m |
‘we (incl.) two’ |
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mi:)iruwir-i:r |
‘you two’ |
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(wo:r)mu:wir-o:r |
‘they (masc.) three’ etc. |
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