| kri padi |
= 100 x 4 = 400 |
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| (cf. krio
padio |
= 100 + 4 = 104) |
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| kri pongo |
= 100 x 5 = 500 |
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| (cf. krio
pongoo |
= 100 + 5 = 105) |
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 hiu
coro |
= 1000 x 6 = 6000
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| (cf. hiuo
coroo |
= 1000 + 6 = 1006) |
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The following numbers illustrate both the
relations of addition and multiplication.
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547. |
hiu
kalio kri cokuo ri-cao padio |
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= 1000 x 1 + 100 x
9 + 80 4 |
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= 1984 |
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kri padio pongoo
= 1000 x 4 + 5 = 405 |
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hiu
cüro ridio pongoo = 100 x 6 + 40 + 5 = 645 |
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3.3.8.2.
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The Ordinals |
Cardinals
are made ordinal by postposing kocu to them. They
may be and infact are typically further marked for gender-number
by -püi for human feminine, -o for human
masculine and -na for nonhuman feminine.
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548 |
kosüo kali
kocu |
= ‘thirty first’ |
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padi kocu |
= ‘fourth’ |
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cüro kalio kocu
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= ‘eleven’ |
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kri kalio kocu |
= ‘one hundredth’ |
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kri kaxio kosü
kocu |
= ‘two hundred and
third’ |
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hiu
kalio kocu |
= ‘one thousandth’ |
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ocü kah i
kocu |
= ‘second house’ |
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larübvü padi kocu
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= ‘fourth book’ |
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a 1
cümüi2 kosü kocupüi3
|
my1
third3 wife2
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ni1na2kaxikocuna3 |
your(sg.)1second3
issue/son2 |
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pfo1
larü2 kaxi3
kocu-na3 |
his1
second3 book2
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pfohi)1
cüro2 kocu-na3
|
their (du.)1
tenth2 issue3
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a1
kasapüi2 kaxi3
kocu(püi)3 |
my1
second3 female
friend 2 |
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pfo1
kasao2 katimüipfo3
|
his1
third4 Indian
(black)3 friend2 |
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kosü kocuna4
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The
logically possible kali kocu |
as in |
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ni1
larü2 kali kocuna3
|
your (sg.)1
first3 book2
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a 1
na2 kali kocuna
3 |
my 1
first3 issue2
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pfo1
cümüi2 kali kocuna3 |
his1
first3 wife2
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is, typically, not in use, instead, nari ‘first’
for headnouns descriptive of children and kari
the (participal) adjectival form of ri ‘be front’
are used :
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| pfo1
na2 narina3 |
his1
first3 issue/son2
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| (cf. *pfo1
cümüi2 narina3
|
his1
first3 wife2
) |
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| a1
na nieo2
nari-püi3 |
my1
first3 daughter2
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| (cf. *a1
larübvü2 narina3
|
my1
first3 book 2
) |
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| ni1
larübvü2 karina3 |
your (sg.)1
first3 book2
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| a1
kasamüi2 kati3
kario 4 |
my1
first4 Indian
(black)3 friend2
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| pfo1
kasa nieo2
kari-püi3 |
his1
first3 girl friend2
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| loli1
cümüi2 kari-püi3 |
Loli’s1
first3 wife2
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Unlike nari, kari closed by G-N markers
can function as a head noun.
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549 |
.1. |
*pfo nari-püi
|
‘his first’ |
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pfo kari-püi |
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2. |
*a nari-na
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‘my first’ |
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a kari-püi |
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3. |
*ni nari-o
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‘your (sg.) first’ |
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ni kaxi-o |
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Further, ordinalization only by gender-number
markers as in
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550 |
.1. |
a c*m*i kaxi-p*i-e
bue |
‘I also have a second
wife’ |
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2. |
ni na padi-na
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‘your (sg.) fourth
issue’ |
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in contrast, in order,
with |
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1a. |
a cümüi
kaxi kocu-püi-e bue |
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2a. |
ni na padi
kocu-na bue |
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is the exception rather than the rule. Generally, ordinals,
without the ordinalizer kocu, like
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