How to count in Makalero, a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in the east of East Timor.
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Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
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1 | u, un |
2 | loloi, lolei |
3 | lolitu |
4 | fat |
5 | lima |
6 | douh |
7 | fitu |
8 | afo |
9 | siua |
10 | ruru, ru, ate u |
11 | ru resin-u |
12 | ru resi-loloi |
13 | ru resi-lolitu |
14 | ru resi-fat |
15 | ru resi-lima |
16 | ru resi-douh |
17 | ru resi-fitu |
18 | ru resi-afo |
19 | ru resi-siua |
20 | ru loloi |
21 | ru loloi resin-u |
22 | ru loloi resi-loloi |
23 | ru loloi resi-lolitu |
24 | ru loloi resi-fat |
25 | ru loloi resi-lima |
26 | ru loloi resi-douh |
27 | ru loloi resi-fitu |
28 | ru loloi resi-afo |
29 | ru loloi resi-siua |
30 | ru lolitu |
40 | ru fat, ate fat |
50 | ru lima, ate lima |
60 | ru douh |
70 | ru fitu |
80 | ru afo |
90 | ru siua |
100 | rasa u |
200 | rasa loloi |
300 | rasa lolitu |
400 | rasa fat |
500 | rasa lima |
600 | rasa douh |
700 | rasa fitu |
800 | rasa afo |
900 | rasa siua |
1,000 | rihun u |
2,000 | rihun loloi |
3,000 | rihun lolitu |
4,000 | rihun fat |
5,000 | rihun lima |
6,000 | rihun douh |
7,000 | rihun fitu |
8,000 | rihun afo |
9,000 | rihun siua |
10,000 | rihun ru |
Note: Resi(n) is a verb meaning ‘remain’, borrowed from Tetum resin ‘exceed’.
Source: Juliette Huber. A Grammar of Makalero. A Papuan Language of East Timor. Utrecht, The Netherlands – 2011.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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