Similar to the formation of the number for 90, the number for 900 is formed by to + a:yira (5.18) > toa:yira. |
| The multiples of thousand are formed by the addition of the numeral forms of two, three, four etc. plus the cardinals form of thousand. |
re  -a:yira |
> |
rea:yira |
‘two thousand’ |
| mu:nR-a:yira |
> |
mu:nRa:yira |
‘three thousand’ |
| patt-a:y:ra |
> |
patta:yira |
‘ten thousand’ |
| pad-i-na:l-a:yira |
> |
padina:la:yira |
‘fourteen thousand’ |
| pad-in-anj-a:yira |
> |
padinanja:yira |
‘fifteen thousand’ |
| pad-an-a:R-a:yira |
> |
padana:Ra:yira |
‘sixteen thousand’ |
| The multiples of ten beginning from twenty including the numbers hundred thousand and lakh plus one to nine are expressed in a complex construction with an additional morpheme linked in between the two numerals. |
| iru-patt-i-mu:nR (5.15.19) |
> |
iruvattimu:nRu |
‘twenty three’ |
nu:tt-i-e (5.19) |
> |
nu:ttieu |
‘hundred and eight’ |
| muC-nu:tt-i-na:l (5.12,19) |
> |
munnu:ttina:lu |
‘three hundred and four’ |
| a:yiratt-i-nu:tt-i-ė: (5.19) |
> |
a:yirattinu:ttiė:u |
‘one thousand one hundred and seven’ |
| leccatt-i-pad-an-e (5.19) |
> |
leccattipadaneu |
‘one lakh and eighteen’ |
| Personal nouns derived from numbers |
| Personal suffixes such as -an (3.6.1.1) and -i (3.6.2.6) are added directly to the numeral forms to derive the personal nouns. |
| orutt-an (5.22) |
> |
oruttä |
‘one man’ |
| orutt-i |
> |
orutti |
‘one woman’ |
| Ordinals |
| While forming the ordinals, the suffix -a:va· is added to the cardinal base. |
| onR-a:va (5.19) |
> |
onRa:vau |
‘first’ |
| anj-a:va (5.19) |
> |
anja:vau |
‘fifth’ |
| Basic Numbers |
| onR- |
‘one’ |
| re- |
‘two’ |
| mu:nR- |
‘three’ |
| na:l- |
‘four’ |
| anj- |
‘five’ |
