How to count in Nukuoro, a Polynesian language spoken mainly on Nukuoro and Pohnpei in Micronesia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | dahi |
| 2 | lua |
| 3 | dolu |
| 4 | haa |
| 5 | lima |
| 6 | ono |
| 7 | hidu |
| 8 | valu |
| 9 | siva |
| 10 | hulu |
| 20 | madalua |
| 30 | matolu |
| 40 | madahaa |
| 50 | madalima |
| 60 | madaono |
| 70 | madahidu |
| 80 | madavalu |
| 90 | massiva |
| 100 | lau |
| hundreds | llau |
| hundreds and hundreds | laulau |
| 1,000 | mano |
| thousands | mmano |
| tens of thousands | semada |
| hundreds of thousands | seguli |
| thousands and thousands | manomano |
Source: Vern Carrol and Tobias Soulik. NUKUORO LEXICON. The University Press of Hawaii. Honolulu – 1973.
Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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