How to count in Dawan (Uab Metô), a Timoric language spoken in East Nusa Tenggara province on the island of West Timor in Indonesia.
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Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
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0 | nol, luman | |
1 | mese’, mesê | mes’ê |
2 | nua, nua’ | nua’ê |
3 | teun | teun’ê |
4 | ha’, há | ha’ê |
5 | nim, ním | ním’ê |
6 | ne’, né | ne’ê |
7 | hiut | hiut’ê |
8 | faun, faon | faun’ê |
9 | sio | sio’ê |
10 | bo’, bo’es, boës | boës’ê |
11 | bo’es-am-mese’ | boësammes’ê |
12 | bo’es-am-nua’ | boësamnua’ê |
13 | bo’es-am-teun | boësamteun’ê |
14 | bo’es-am-ha’ | boësamha’ê |
15 | bo’es-am-nim | |
16 | bo’es-am-ne’ | |
17 | bo’es-am-hiut | |
18 | bo’es-am-faun | |
19 | bo’es-am-sio’ | |
20 | bo’nua’ | |
21 | bo’nua-m-mese’ | |
22 | bo’nua-m-nua’ | |
23 | bo’nua-m-teun | |
24 | bo’nua-m-ha’ | |
25 | bo’nua-m-nim | |
26 | bo’nua-m-ne’ | |
27 | bo’nua-m-hiut | |
28 | bo’nua-m-faun | |
29 | bo’nua-m-sio | |
30 | bo’teun | |
40 | bo’ha’ | |
50 | bo’nim | |
60 | bo’ne’ | |
70 | bo’hiut | |
80 | bo’faun | |
90 | bo’sio’ | |
100 | natu mese’, nautnes | |
200 | natu nua | |
1,000 | nifun mese’, niufnes | |
2,000 | nifun nua | |
1,000,000 | juta mese’, juta es, jutes |
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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Information about Dawan numbers
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Uab-Meto.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uab_Meto_language#Numbers
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Uab_Meto
http://www.geocities.ws/johnmanhitu2001/Numeralia_dan_Pronomina_Sembilan_Bahasa.PDF
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