In the formation of the
above numerals the form ‘-xa ’
is added with the units. ‘xa’
follows the units as illustrated below : |
nyi xa
|
‘twenty’
|
hi
xa
|
‘thirty’
|
kanu xa
|
‘seventy’
|
pinyi xa
|
‘eighty’
|
koa xa
|
‘ninety’
|
|
|
| The lexical item ‘la’
stands for ‘hundred’. The multiples of ‘hundred’ are formed
by adding ‘la’ to the units upto ‘four hundred’. In such instances
‘la-’ is prefixed to the units. |
la
|
‘hundred’
|
|
lanyi
|
‘two hundred’
|
lahi
|
‘three hundred’
|
lamp
|
‘four hundred’
|
lao
|
‘five hundred’
|
la
x
|
‘six hundred’
|
lakanu
|
‘seven hundred’
|
|
lampinyi
|
‘eight hundred’
|
lakoa
|
‘nine hundred’
|
lalya
|
‘thousand’
|
|
|
| The form ‘la’
is prefixed from ‘four hundred’ onwards as seen in the above
list. The form - ako ‘one’ is used instead of - ko
‘one’ when higher numeral above ten is formed.
Numerals above ten are formed by conjoining the units with the
multiples of ‘ten’ or ‘hundred’. The conjoining marker ‘la’
is used to conjoin the two numerals. The units follow the multiples
of ‘ten’ or ‘hundred’ and the conjoining marker occur in between
the two. The multiples of ‘ten’ or ‘hundred’ take the adjective
marker ‘ha’ when it appear alongwith the units. See the following
numerals. |
alyahela
ako
|
‘eleven’
|
alyahela
kanu
|
‘seventeen’
|
nyixahela
hi
|
‘twentythree’
|
lahela
ako
|
‘hundred and one’
|
lahela
alya
|
‘hundred and ten’
|
lahela
alya
hela ako
|
‘one hundred and eleven’
|
lanyihela
alya
hela ako
|
‘two hundred and one ’
|
lalya
hela la
|
‘one thousand and one hundred’
|
|
|
‘one thousand one hundred
and ten’
|
|
|
‘one thousand one hundred
and eleven’
|
|
|
| It is also possible to form
numerals from ‘eleven’ to ‘nineteen’ by adding ‘le’ with the units.
In such cases ‘le’ is prefixed to the units (see the sample listed
below). These forms are found in addition to the regular numerals
explained above. |
