How to count in Pukapukan, a Polynesian language spoken in the northern Cook Islands, and in New Zealand and Australia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tayi | te mea mua (the first thing) |
| 2 | lua | te lua |
| 3 | tolu | te tolu |
| 4 | wā | te wā |
| 5 | lima | te lima |
| 6 | ono | te ono |
| 7 | witu | te witu |
| 8 | valu | te valu |
| 9 | iva | te iva |
| 10 | laungaulu kātoa angaulu [archaic] |
te laungaulu |
| 11 | laungaulu ma tayi | |
| 12 | laungaulu ma lua | |
| 13 | laungaulu ma tolu | |
| 14 | laungaulu ma wā | |
| 15 | laungaulu ma lima | |
| 16 | laungaulu ma ono | |
| 17 | laungaulu ma witu | |
| 18 | laungaulu ma valu | |
| 19 | laungaulu ma iva | |
| 20 | lau lua, luangaulu | |
| 21 | laulua ma tayi | |
| 22 | laulua ma lua | |
| 23 | laulua ma tolu | |
| 24 | laulua ma wā | |
| 25 | laulua ma lima | |
| 26 | laulua ma ono | |
| 27 | laulua ma witu | |
| 28 | laulua ma valu | |
| 29 | laulua ma iva | |
| 30 | lau tolu, tolungaulu | |
| 40 | lau wā, wāngaulu | |
| 50 | lau lima, limangaulu | |
| 60 | lau ono, onongaulu | |
| 70 | lau witu, witungaulu | |
| 80 | lau valu, valungaulu | |
| 90 | lau iva, ivangaulu | |
| 100 | lau, ānele | |
| 101 | lau ma tayi, e tai ānele ma tai | |
| 111 | lau ma laungaulu ma tayi | |
| 200 | lua lau | |
| 300 | tolunga lau | |
| 397 | tolunga lau ma lau iva ma witu | |
| 400 | wānga lau | |
| 500 | limanga lau | |
| 600 | ononga lau | |
| 700 | witunga lau | |
| 800 | valunga lau | |
| 900 | ivanga lau | |
| 1,000 | mano, tauwatini | |
| 2,000 | lua mano | |
| 3,000 | tolunga mano | |
| 4,000 | wānga mano | |
| 5,000 | limanga mano | |
| 6,000 | ononga mano | |
| 7,000 | witunga mano | |
| 8,000 | valunga mano | |
| 9,000 | ivanga mano | |
| 100,000 | ngaulu tini |
Source: Mary C. Salisbury. A Grammar of Pukapukan. The University of Auckland, 2002.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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Information about Pukapukan | Numbers
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