Karuk numbers
How to count in Karuk (araráhih), a Hokan language spoken along the Klamath
river in northwestern California in the USA.
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| Numeral |
Cardinal |
| 0 |
púfāt, púfaat |
| 1 |
yīθa ~ ʔiθa- |
| 2 |
ʔáxak |
| 3 |
kuyrāk |
| 4 |
pīθ, piith |
| 5 |
ʔitró̄p, itrôop / itroopa- |
| 6 |
ʔikrívkih, ikrívkih / ikrivkiha- |
| 7 |
ʔaxakinívkih, axakinívkih / axakinivkiha- |
| 8 |
kuyrakinívkih, kuyrakinívkih / kuyrakinívkiha- |
| 9 |
ʔitrōpatíšāmnih, itroopatíshaamnih / itroopatishaamnih- |
| 10 |
ʔitrahyar ~ ʔitahara- |
| 11 |
ʔitráhyar káru yíθa, itráhyar káru yítha |
| 12 |
ʔitráhyar káru ʔáxak |
| 13 |
ʔitráhyar káru kuyrāk |
| 14 |
ʔitráhyar káru pīθ |
| 15 |
ʔitráhyar káru ʔitró̄p |
| 16 |
ʔitráhyar káru ʔikrívkih |
| 17 |
ʔitráhyar káru ʔaxakinívkih |
| 18 |
ʔitráhyar káru kuyrakinívkih |
| 19 |
ʔitráhyar káru ʔitrōpatíšāmnih |
| 20 |
xakitráhyar, (va)xakitráhyar |
| 30 |
kuyrakitráhyar |
| 70 |
xakinivkihitráhyar / xakinivkihitahara- |
| 90 |
itroopatishamnihitráhyar |
| 100 |
ʔiθa-páčiš, -páchish / -pachishriha- ithapáchish / ithapáchishriha- |
| 1,000 |
ʔitahara-páčiš |
| once |
iθa:n |
| twice |
ʔaxákyān |
| three times |
kuyrákyān, kuyrákyaan |
| ten times |
itaharâan |
There are also a couple of ordinal numbers: píšī·p (first of two)
and pišî·č (first of several)
Source: William Bright: The Karok Language. University of California Press - 1957.
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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