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/malajyim/

 ‘hundredth’

 2.2.3.2.3.
Compound Stems :

All other numerical stems derived from simple and secondary derived stems by compounding in different orders.

(i) 

Multiples of ten are derived by compounding together the multiplier and `ten’.

/kąsąhįla/ `thirty’
three-ten  
/mįahįla/  `fifty’
five-ten  
/limhįla/ `eighty’
eight-ten

 
(ii) 


Multiples of hundred and thousand are derived by compounding together the numeral hundred or thousand and the multiplier.

/malamkąprayk/ `four hundred’
hundred-four  
/malamw/ `eight hundred’
hundred-eight  
/rįzaa/ `five thousand’
thousand-five

 
(iii) 



All other numerals are derived by combining the terms for thousands, the term for hundreds, the term for tens (where it is more than `nineteen’) and the term for units in the same order.

/malamgehįliįa/  `one hundred and fifteen’
hundred-one-ten-five  
/kąsąhįlaw/  `thirtyeight’
three-ten-eight  
/rįza-ge-malam-kinyā-w-hįla-tahro/ `1976’
thousand-one-hundred-nine-seven-ten-six  
/rįza-ge-malam-lim-hįlia/  `1815’
thousand-one-hundred-eight-ten-five
 
2.2.4.  
Adverb.
2.2.4.1.    Adverbs contain all such words that modify a verb. The place of adverbs in a syntactic construction is not restricted. The adverbs are mainly of three types.
(i) Spatial Adverbs :
Adverbs which specify the spatial orientation of the event or action.

/įmągõ/ `here’
/kįdyłgõ/ `in the corner’
/haygõ/ `before’
(ii) Temporal Adverbs :
Adverbs which specify the temporal orientation of the event or action.

/byągõ/ `before’
/hįwćgõ/ `later’
/bśge/ `sometimes’
/mįtył/
`soon’
(iii) Manner Adverbs :
Adverbs which specify the manner of performance of the action or occurrence of the event.

/dłka/

 `sadly’

 

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