Numbers in Abui
How to count in Abui (Abui tanga), a Trans-New Guinea language
spoken on the Alor Archipelago in East Nusa Tenggara province in
eastern Indonesia.
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| Numeral |
Cardinal numbers |
Ordinal numbers |
| 1 |
nuku |
he-teitu |
| 2 |
ayoku |
he-ayoku |
| 3 |
sua |
he-sua |
| 4 |
buti |
he-buti |
| 5 |
yeting |
he-yeting |
| 6 |
talaama |
he-talaama |
| 7 |
yetingayoku (5+2) |
he-yetingayoku |
| 8 |
yetingsua (5+3) |
he-yetingsua |
| 9 |
yetingbuti (5+4) |
he-yetingbuti |
| 10 |
karnuku |
he-karnuku |
| 11 |
karnuku wal nuku |
|
| 12 |
karnuku wal ayoku |
|
| 13 |
karnuku wal sua |
|
| 14 |
karnuku wal buti |
|
| 15 |
karnuku wal yeting |
|
| 16 |
karnuku wal talaama |
|
| 17 |
karnuku wal yetingayoku |
|
| 18 |
karnuku wal yetingsua |
|
| 19 |
karnuku wal yetingbuti |
|
| 20 |
kar-ayoku |
|
| 21 |
kar-ayoku wal nuku |
|
| 22 |
kar-ayoku wal ayoku |
|
| 23 |
kar-ayoku wal sua |
|
| 24 |
kar-ayoku wal buti |
|
| 25 |
kar-ayoku wal yeting |
|
| 26 |
kar-ayoku wal talaama |
|
| 27 |
kar-ayoku wal yetingayoku |
|
| 28 |
kar-ayoku wal yetingsua |
|
| 29 |
kar-ayoku wal yetingbuti |
|
| 30 |
kar-sua |
|
| 40 |
kar-buti |
|
| 50 |
kar-yeting |
|
| 60 |
kar-talaama |
|
| 70 |
kar-yetingayoku |
|
| 80 |
kar-yetingsua |
|
| 90 |
kar-yetingbuti |
|
| 100 |
aisaha nuku |
|
| 200 |
aisaha ayoku |
|
| 300 |
aisaha sua |
|
| 400 |
aisaha buti |
|
| 500 |
aisaha yeting |
|
| 600 |
aisaha talaama |
|
| 651 |
aisaha talaama kar-yeting wal nuku |
|
| 700 |
aisaha yetingayoku |
|
| 800 |
aisaha yetingsua |
|
| 900 |
aisaha yetingbuti |
|
| 1,000 |
rifi nuku |
|
| 2,000 |
rifi ayoku |
|
| 3,000 |
rifi sua |
|
| 4,000 |
rifi buti |
|
| 5,000 |
rifi yeting |
|
| 6,000 |
rifi talaama |
|
| 7,000 |
rifi yetingayoku |
|
| 8,000 |
rifi yetingsua |
|
| 8,192 |
rifi yetingsua aisaha nuku kar yetingbuti wal ayoku |
|
| 9,000 |
rifi yetingbuti |
|
| 10,000 |
rifi karnuku |
|
| 21,652 |
rifi kar-ayoku wal nuku aisaha talaama kar-yeting wal ayoku |
|
| 1,000,000 |
rat nuku |
|
Notes
- rifi (thousand) is probably a loan word from the Malay ribu (thousand)
- rat (million) is probably related to the Malay ratus (hundred)
Sources
- Marian Klamer & František Kratochvíl. Number and quantity in East Nusantara. Asia Pacific Linguistics. The Australian National University. Canberra – 2014.
- František Kratochvíl: A Grammar of Abui. A Papuan language of Alor. Utrecht, The Netherlands – 2007.
- Kratochvíl, František, and Benidiktus Delpada. Abui-Indonesian-English Dictionary. Kamus Pengantar Bahasa Abui. Kupang, Indonesia - 2008.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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