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Numerals
thirty, forty and sixty can be segmented as follows :
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th m
- allomorph of cardinal numeral three i.e.  thm
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Thirty
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-rò
allomorph of cardinal numeral ten i.e. tárò |
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thm
+ rò = tmrò
‘thirty’
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Forty
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- allomorph of cardinal numeral four i.e. m
- rò allomorph of cardinal
numeral ten
i.e. tárò
+ rò = rò
forty
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Sixty
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rók
- allomorph of cardinal numeral six i.e. t rók
-rò allomorph of cardinal numeral
ten i.e. tárò
rók + rò = rókrò ‘sixty’
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Numerals
for twenty i.e. myùkyù and for fifty
i.e. tñán
are monomorphemic and are not segment able.
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(2)
Numerals seventy, eighty and ninety are formed by the addition
of cardinal forms of numerals for seven, eight and nine,
this can be explained as follows :
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Seventy
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17
is a numeral in which there are two components i.e. 1 and
7. Component No. 1 is in the decimal position counting from
left to right, Hence, number ‘1’ is equal to ten, the first
component is seven, so 10 x 7 = 70. |
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Example
khà
tíyì
= 10 x 7 ‘seventy’
Same rule can be applied to eighty and ninety
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Examples
khà
tzà
= 10 x 8 = eighty
khà
t kù
= 10 x 9 = ninety
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Numeral
form for ‘seventy one’ would be khà
tíyì
sì khà
‘seventy and one = Seventy one. Same rule is applicable
for other numerals also.
Numeral for ninety one is khà
tkù
sì ékhà
10 x 9 + 1 like that it continues up to 99, the
word for 100 is nz
à, counting for 101 is done as hundred and one.
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Examples
nz°à
s¢
®khà
hundred and one
nz°à
s¢
®nì
hundred and two
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Cardinal
numerals referring to human beings have separate forms
i.e. nch°à
and ts«Ükà,
but the use of these forms is optional
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| Examples |
kyón ncgà
or kyón móts à
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one man
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| man one (person) |
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| kyón nchù
nì
or kyón nì
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two men etc.
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| man (person) two |
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| kyón nchù
thm
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three men
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| man (person) three |
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| kyón tskà
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one man
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| man one |
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| kyón ótsk
nì
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two persons
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| man (person) two |
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In
the above examples nchà
and ótsk
are the full forms but nchù
and tská
are the shorter forms. When an adjective is added to this
numeral, adjective comes before -nchà.
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