Numbers in Sikaiana

How to count in Sikaiana, a Polynesian language spoken in Sikaiana in the Solomon Islands

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers
	birds, coconuts, money	mats, pudding, years	fish	length	humans
1	tahi	tahi	tahi	seloha	hokotahi
2	lua/siaoa	lua	lua	lohalua	tokalua
3	tolu	tolu	tolu	lohatolu	tokatolu
4	haa	haa	haa	lohahaa	tokahaa
5	lima	lima	lima	lohalima	tokalima
6	ono	ono	ono	lohaono	tokaono
7	hitu	hitu	hitu	lohahitu	tokahitu
8	valu	valu	valu	lohavalu	tokavalu
9	sivo	sivo	sivo	lohasivo	tokasivo
10	sehui	kaatoa	kaatoa	sekumi	kaatoa
20	luahui	kaulua	matalua	luakumi	tinolua
30	tonnuhui	kautolu	matatolu	tolukumi	tinotolu
40	hannahui	kauhaa	matahaa	haakumi	tinohaa
50	limanahui	kaulima	matalima	limakumi	tinolima
60	onnahui	kauono	mataono	onokumi	tinoono
70	hitunohui	kauhitu	matahitu	hitukumi	tinohitu
80	vannahui	kauvalu	matavalu	valukumi	tinovalu
90	sivanahui	kausivo	matasivo	sivokumi	tinosivo
100	kaatoa	lau	lau	lau	lau
200	luakaatoa	lualau	lualau	lualau	lualau
1,000	mano	simata	simata
10,000	ahe

Source: William W. Donner. Sikaiana Dictionary. 2012.

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

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