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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