8 (2 less 10)
|
ner-kep
|
|
9 (1 less 10)
|
chir-kep |
|
| 10 |
kep |
|
11 to 19 (10+1, etc.)
|
krehini
|
‘12’
|
| |
krekethom
|
‘13’
|
20
|
i koy,
kuri
|
|
21 to 29 (20+1, etc.)
|
ikoy-ra-kethom
|
‘23’
|
| 30 (3x10) |
thom-kep
|
|
| 31 to 39 |
thom-kep-ra-phli
|
‘34’
|
(3x10+1, etc.)
|
|
|
40 (4x10)
|
phli-kep
|
|
(2x20) etc.
|
du kuri
|
|
80 (4x20)
|
chari kuri
|
|
(6+2 x 10)
|
throk-ner-kep
|
|
81 to 89
|
harikuri rap
|
‘85’ |
(80+1, etc.)
|
|
|
(6+3 x 10)
|
throkchirkep |
|
91 to 99
|
throk-chir-kep-ra-throk
|
‘96’ |
(91+1, etc.)
|
|
|
100
|
pharo
|
|
100 (5x20)
|
pach kuri
|
|
101 to 110
|
pharo ichi ra kreyichi
|
|
(100x1+1, etc.)
|
|
‘111’ |
| 120 (100x1+20) |
pharo ichi ra ikoy
|
|
100 to 900
|
pharo kethom
|
‘300’ |
| (100x1, etc.) |
|
|
1000
|
churi, ek ho
|
|
1001 (1000x1+1)
|
churi ichi ra ichi
|
|
10000 (1000x10)
|
churi kep, ojut
|
|
50000 (1000x50)
|
churi pho kep
|
|
1,00,000
|
lak ichi
|
‘one lakh’ |
1,00,00,000
|
kuti ichi
|
‘one crore’ |
|
| The allomorphic
variations are discussed below. |
ichi ‘one’ freely
varies with echi. ichi has four allomorphs. ichi
is a free form wich is used when no classifier is added. The
other three allomorphs are bound forms. i- ~ e- occurs
only with a classifier and precedes the classifier. chi
is used to form, the numeral ‘seven’ and chir-, to form
the numeral ‘nine’. ichi and i- are more common
than echi and e- respectively.
|
| mek ichi |
‘one eye’ |
| arnan i-ho
|
‘one finger ring’ |
| throk-chi |
‘seven (6+1)’ |
| chir-kep |
‘nine (1 less 10)’ |
|
hini ‘two’ has
three allomorphs. hini is a free form and it occurs
without a classifier or with the classifier ba.
The other two are bound forms. -ni occurs with other
classifiers and ner- is used to form the numeral ‘eight’.
|
| nu hini |
‘two horns’ |
| monit ba
hini |
‘two men’ |
| voti pum-ni
|
‘two eggs’ |
|
|
|
