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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Information about Sikaiana | Numbers
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