How to count in Kenyah, a group of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in Borneo in Malaysia.
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Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
---|---|---|
1 | cha | ading |
2 | dua | kedua |
3 | telu | ketelu |
4 | pat | kepat |
5 | lema | kelema |
6 | enem | kenem |
7 | tujok | ketujok |
8 | ayah | keayah |
9 | pi’en | kepi’en |
10 | pulok | kepulok |
11 | pulok cha | |
12 | pulok dua | |
13 | pulok telu | |
14 | pulok pat | |
15 | pulok lema | |
16 | pulok enem | |
17 | pulok tujok | |
18 | pulok aya | |
19 | pulok pi’en | |
20 | dua pulok | |
21 | dua pulok cha | |
22 | dua pulok dua | |
23 | dua pulok telu | |
24 | dua pulok pat | |
25 | dua pulok lema | |
26 | dua pulok enem | |
27 | dua pulok tujok | |
28 | dua pulok aya | |
29 | dua pulok pi’en | |
30 | telu pulok | |
40 | pat pulok | |
50 | lema pulok | |
60 | enem pulok | |
70 | tujok pulok | |
80 | ayah pulok | |
90 | pi’en pulok | |
100 | cha ato | |
101 | cha ato cha | |
102 | cha ato dua | |
110 | cha ato cha pulok | |
200 | dua ato | |
300 | telu ato | |
358 | telu ato lema pulok ayah | |
400 | pat ato | |
500 | lema ato | |
600 | enem ato | |
700 | tujok ato | |
800 | ayah ato | |
900 | pi’en ato | |
1,000 | cha ibu | |
1,001 | cha ibu cha | |
1,002 | cha ibu dua | |
2,000 | dua ibu | |
3,000 | telu ibu | |
4,000 | pat ibu | |
5,000 | lema ibu | |
6,000 | enem ibu | |
7,000 | tujok ibu | |
8,000 | ayah ibu | |
9,000 | pi’en ibu | |
10,000 | pulok ibu | |
87,546 | aya pulok tujok ibu lema ato pat pulok enem | |
100,000 | cha ato ibu | |
738,327 | tujok ato telu pulok aya telu ato dua pulok tujok | |
1,000,000 | cha million |
*) Note: Ordinal numbers (except for the first one) are derived by the prefix ke-
Sources:
http://www.kenyahsarawak.com/apps/blog/show/3230964-learn-basic-kenyah-lepo-tau-language
http://www.kenyahsarawak.com/number.htm
Information about Kenyah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyah_languages
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/xkl
Kenyah dictionary
http://www.kenyah.net/zlm/kamus-kenyah-1
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Kenyah numbers | Tower of Babel
Alorese, Ambel, Araki, Balinese, Banjarese, Batak (Toba), Batuley, Biak, Bugis, Chamorro, Fordata, Iban, Indonesian, Javanese, Kei, Kembayan, Kerinci, Komering, Lamaholot, Lampung, Madurese, Malagasy, Malay, Minangkabau, Moma-Kulawi, Motu, Paku, Selaru, Sumbawa, Sundanese, Tado-Lindu, Wamesa, Wandamen, Yakan, Yamdena
Alphabetical index | Language family index
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