| kosü-na |
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| kosü-o |
‘third’ |
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| kosü-püi |
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| padi-na |
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| padi-o |
‘fourth’ |
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| padi-püi |
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| are felt to be infelicitous
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3.3.8.3.
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The Distributive Numeral
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The distributive numeral is
expressed by the freely varying (a) iteration of the whole numeral and (b)
reduplication of the last syllable of the numeral, if it is polysyllabic
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551 |
kali |
‘one’ |
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{
kali kali } |
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{
} |
‘one each’ |
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{ kalili
} |
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cüro |
‘ten’ |
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{ cüro
cüro } |
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{
} |
‘ten each’ |
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{ cüroro
} |
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pongo |
‘five’ |
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{ pongo
pongo } |
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{
} |
‘five each’ |
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{ pongongo
} |
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padi |
‘four’ |
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{ padi
padi } |
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{
} |
‘four each’ |
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{ padidi
} |
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caca |
‘eight’ |
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{ caca
caca } |
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{
} |
‘eight each’ |
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{ cacaca
} |
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28.
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Daiho (1964 : 9) records them without any
comment on their infelicitousness. Native speakers felt they constituted appreciably
inelegant, even bad Mao.
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| kri |
‘hundred’ |
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| kri kri |
‘hundred each’ |
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| kosüo coro |
‘thirty six’ |
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| kosüo coro kosüo
coro |
‘thirty six each’ |
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3.3.8.4.
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The It erative Multiplicative
Numeral |
The iterative
numeral is expressed by (the adverbial ?) majü
preposed to the numeral. majü ‘be as big as’ (?)
is derived from the verb jü ‘be big’
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552. |
majü kali
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‘one time’ |
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ni-zhü1
a-zhü2 majü kalie3
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yours (sg.)1
is as big as3
mine2 |
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lit. yours1
is one time as big as2
mine3 |
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majü kaxi |
‘two times ; twice
as big, small etc.’ |
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majü padi |
‘four times as big,
small etc.’ |
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majü coku |
‘nine times
as big, small etc’ |
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majü cüro kalio
|
‘eleven times ...’ |
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majü kri kali
|
‘one hundred times
...’ |
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3.3.8.5.
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The Collective Numeral |
The collective numeral is expressed by the
juxtaposition of the pronoun and the numeral that follows.
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553 |
ata(müi)
padi |
‘four of us
(excl. prn. & excl. pl.) |
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ita(müi)
padi |
‘four of us
(incl. prn. & excl. pl.) |
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ata(müi)
coro 29
|
‘six of us (excl.
prn. & excl. pl.) |
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ita(müi)
coro |
‘six of us (incl.
prn. & excl. pl.) |
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ita(müi)
coku |
‘nine of you
(excl. pl.)’ |
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nikhrumüi
coku |
‘nine of you
(incl. pl.)’ |
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pfokhrumüi
cani |
‘seven of them
(incl. pl.)’ |
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pfotamüi
cani |
‘seven of them
(excl. pl.)’ |
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3.3.8.6.
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The fraction or partitive numeral |
The
partitive numeral has a syntactic or phrasal realisation.
The idea ‘half’ is expressed by the loan word ada.
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29.
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Note, en passant, that the phrase
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| ?
akhrumüi coro ‘six of us (excl. prn.
& incl. pl.)’ is highly improbable because akhrumüi
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| entials
the presence of a huge heterogeneous group, i.e.,
the whole village with its constituent clans or other
intraset identities.
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