bi ida: |
‘thirty’
[20 + 10] |
| dubiu
|
‘forty’
[2 x 20] |
| dubiida: |
‘fifty’
[2 x 20 + 10] |
| tRa
biu |
‘sixty’
[3 x 20] |
| tRabisida: |
‘seventy’
[3 x 20 + 10] |
 hor
biu |
‘eighty
[4 x 20] |
| hoRbis.ida: |
‘ninety’
[4 x 20 + 10] |
|
|
There
are alternate forms pina:  tRabiu,
pina:  hoRbiu
and pina:pu: biu
for the numerals fifty, seventy, and ninety respectively. The word
pina: means
‘half’ and it is not used anywhere except in this context.
|
| pina:
tRa bis.u |
‘fifty’ [2½ x 20] |
| pina:c.hoRbis.u |
‘seventy’ [3¼½ x 20] |
| pina:
pu
bis.u |
‘ninety’ [4½ x 20] |
|
|
| For
the numerals between multiples of ten, the forms for the numerals
from one to ten are added to the preceding multiple of ten. The following
are some examples: |
| bii
e:k |
‘twenty
one’ |
| bii
du |
‘twenty
two’ |
| bii
tRa |
‘twenty
three’ |
| bii
hoR |
‘twenty
four’ |
| bii
pu |
‘twenty five’ |
| bii
a
|
‘twenty
six’ |
| bii
sa:t |
‘twenty
seven’ |
| bisi
a:t
|
‘twenty
eight’ |
| bii
nu |
‘twenty
nine’ |
|
|
| 2.1.5.2.
Oridnals: |
| The
words for one to nine are added before the primary numerals to form
one hundred, two thousands, three lakhs, four cores, etc., as in the
following higher numbers. |
| dusiR
|
‘second’ |
|
tRasiR |
‘third’ |
| hoRsiR |
‘fourth’ |
|
pusiR
|
‘fifth’ |
|
|
| 2.1.5.3.
Fractions: |
|
There
are words for fractions 1/8, ¼, ½ and ¾. For the fractions 1/8,
¼ and ¾, the basic form is pa:v which means ¼. From this form the
other two forms are derived. For the fraction ½ the form is phet
means ‘half’. This fraction phet is used only for ½ and 1/8,
but the fraction with other numerals such as 2½, 3½, 4½, etc. are
produced with the form pina:´ which also means ‘half’.
The
following are some of the fractions:
|
pa:v
= ‘¼’
pa:v phet = ‘1/8’
phet = ‘½’
pa:v tRa = ‘¾’
pa:v pu
= ‘1¼’
pina:tRa
= ‘2½’
pina :hoR
= ‘3½’
pina:pu
= ‘4½’ |
| 2.1.6.
Post Position:
2.1.6.1. Noun Formations:
|
|
Derived
forms are those which are formed from another word. Nouns are formed
by adding the agentive
|
