How to count in Badaga, a southern Dravidian language spoken in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India.
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Numerals | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
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1 | ondu | onda:vadu |
2 | eraḍu | eraḍa:vadu |
3 | murru | mu:rane, mu:ra:vadu |
4 | na:ku, na:lu | ka:l, ka:lu |
5 | aidu | aida:vadu |
6 | a:ru | a:ra:vadu |
7 | iyyu, ilu, i:u, i:yu, e:lu | iyya:vadu, e:la:vadu |
8 | eţţu | eţţa:vadu |
9 | ombattu | ombatta:vadu |
10 | attu, hattu | atta:vadu, hatta:vadu |
11 | annondu, hannondu | annonda:vadu, hannonda:vadu |
12 | anneraḍu, hanneraḍu | anneraḍa:vadu, hannera:ḍa:vadu |
13 | adimu:ru, hadimu:ru | adimu:ra:vadu, hadimu:ra:vadu |
14 | adina:ku, hadina:ku | adina:ka:vadu, hadina:ka:vadu |
15 | adinaidu, hadinaidu | adinaida:vadu, hadinaida:vadu |
16 | adina:ru, hadina:ru | adina:ra:vadu, hadina:ra:vadu |
17 | aderiu, hadiniļu, hadirļu, haderiu | adini:ļa:vadu, adine:la:vadu, aderia:vadu, hadini:ļa:vadu, hadine:ļa:vadu, haderia:vadu |
18 | adereţţu, hadireţţu, hadereţţu | adineţţa:vadu, adereţţa:vadu, hadineţţa:vadu, hadereţţa:vadu |
19 | attombattu, hattombattu | attombatta:vadu, hattombatta:vadu |
20 | ippattu | ippatta:vadu |
21 | ippattondu | ippattonda:vadu |
22 | ippatteraḍu | ippatteraḍa:vadu |
23 | ippattamu:ru | ippattamu:ra:vadu |
24 | ippattana:ku | ippattana:ka:vadu |
25 | ippattai:du | ippattai:da:vadu |
26 | ippatta:ru | ippatta:ra:vadu |
27 | ippattiyyu, ippatti:ļu | ippattiyya:vadu |
28 | ippattețțu | ippattețța:vadu |
29 | ippattombattu | ippattombatta:vadu |
30 | mu:vattu | mu:vatta:vadu |
40 | na:lavattu | na:lavatta:vadu |
50 | aivattu | aivatta:vadu |
60 | aravattu | aravatta:vadu |
70 | iyyu attu, iļu attu, evattu, eļavattu | evatta:vadu, eļavatta:vadu |
80 | embattu | embatta:vadu |
90 | tombattu | tombatta:vadu |
100 | nu:ru | nu:ra:vadu |
200 | innu:ru, iru nu:ru | innu:ra:vadu |
300 | munnurru | munnurra:vadu |
400 | na:nu:ru, na:nnu:ru | na:nu:ra:vadu, na:nnu:ra:vadu |
500 | ainu:ru | ainu:ra:vadu |
600 | aranu:ru, a:ru nu:ru | aranu:ra:vadu, a:ru nu:ra:vadu |
700 | ia nu:ru, iyyu nu:ru, iļu nu:ru, e:ļu nu:ru | iyyu nu:ra:vadu, iļu nu:ra:vadu, e:ļu nu:ra:vadu |
800 | ețțu nu:ru, ețnu:ru | ețțu nu:ra:vadu, ețnu:ra:vadu |
900 | ombe:nu:ru | ombe:nu:ra:vadu |
1,000 | sa:vira | sa:vira:vadu |
2,000 | eraḍu sa:vira | eraḍu sa:vira:vadu |
3,000 | murru:sa:vira | murru:sa:vira:vadu |
4,000 | na:ku sa:vira | na:ku sa:vira:vadu |
5,000 | aidu sa:vira | aidu sa:vira:vadu |
6,000 | a:ru sa:vira | a:ru sa:virada |
7,000 | iyyu sa:vira | iyyu sa:vira:vadu |
8,000 | ețțu sa:vira | ețțu sa:vira:vadu |
9,000 | ombattu sa:vira | ombattu sa:vira:vadu |
10,000 | hattu sa:vira | hattu sa:vira:vadu |
100,000 | lacca | lacca:vadu |
1 million, 10 lakh | hattu lacca | hattu lacca:vadu |
10 million | ko:ḍi | koḍi:vadu |
Source: Paul Hockings & Christiane Pilot-Raichoor. A Badaga — English Dictionary. Berlin/New York, 1992.
Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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