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6.1.3. Complex numerals are divided into two groups as those involving the process of summation (i.e., from twentyone and thirtynine) and those involving muliplication and summation (i.e., forty and above).
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Numerals from twentyone to twentynine are formed by the addition of basic numerals to the form ko: i: meaning ‘twenty’. In that process the postposition me:n meaning ‘more or above’ added to ko:i:. This appears to be a borrowed feature from Hindi as found spoken in some areas in the expressions like, bi:s par ti:n ‘three above twenty = twentythree’ etc. For example:
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21 |
ko:i: me:n one (= 20 + 1) |
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25 |
ko:i: me:n (h)ay (= 20 + 5) |
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29 |
ki:i: me:n naw (= 20 + 9) |
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Thirty is ea: ko:i: (and not ko:i: me:n das) meaning ‘twenty and a half of it’. ea: is a borrowed word from Indo-Aryan he: which means ‘one and a half’.
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The numbers from thiryone to thirtynine are formed by the addition of the numbers from eleven to nineteen to the form ko:i: ‘twenty’.
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31 |
ko:i: me:n gya:ra: (= 20 + 11) |
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32 |
ko:i: me:n ba:ra: (= 20 + 12) |
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33 |
ko:i: me:n te:ra: (= 20 + 13) |
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34 |
ko:i: me:n cawda: (= 20 + 14) and so on, but not as ea: ko:i: ond thirtyone’, etc. |
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6.1.4. In Abujhmaria the higher numbers are counted in twenties. Twenties such as, forty, sixty, eighty and hundred are formed by the process of multiplication or the numbers ren, mu:n, na:lu and (h)ay with that of ko:i ‘twenty’.
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40 |
ren ko:i (= 2 x 20) |
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60 |
mu:n ko:i: (= 3 x 20) |
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80 |
na:lu ko:i: (= 4 x 20) |
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100 |
(h)ay ko:i: (=5 x 20) |
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The final - of ko:i: in the above forms may be connected with the non-masculine plural suffix - as found in the examples a:ki: ‘leaves’, pilla: ‘girls’, talla: ‘head’, etc.
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The in-between-numbers are formed by the addition of the numerals one to nineteen to the twenties mentioned earlier.
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41 |
ren ko:i: one (= 2 x 20 +1) |
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42 |
ren ko:i: naw (= 2 x 20 + 9) |
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53 |
ren ko:i: te:ra: ) = 2 x 20 + 13) |
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67 |
mu:n ko:i: sa:t(u:) (= 3 x 20 + 7) |
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76 |
mu:n ko:i: so:ra: ( = 3 x 20 + 16) |
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85 |
na:lu ko:i: (h)ay ( = 4 x 20 + 5) and so on. |
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