How to count in Warao, a language isolate spoken mainly in Delta Amacuro, Monagas and Sucre states of Venezuela, and also in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | (h)isaka |
| 2 | manamo [(fingers) coming from a pair] |
| 3 | dihanamo [(fingers) coming from a bunch] |
| 4 | orabakaya [(all of the fingers) having the property of being unlevelled] |
| 5 | moho basi [hand flat, the extended hand] |
| 6 | moho matana (h)isaka [hand counterpart one] |
| 7 | moho matana manamo [hand counterpart two] |
| 8 | moho matana rihanamo [hand counterpart three] |
| 9 | moho matana orabakaya [hand counterpart four] |
| 10 | moho reko [both hands] |
| 11 | mohoreko arai (h)isaka [both hands over one (one finger over the fingers of both hands)] |
| 12 | mohoreko arai manamo |
| 13 | mohoreko arai dihanamo |
| 14 | mohoreko arai orabakaya |
| 15 | mohoreko arai mohobasi [both hands over extended hand (the ten fingers of both hands over the five fingers of another hand)] |
| 16 | mohoreko arai moho matana (h)isaka [both hands over hand counterpart one] |
| 17 | mohoreko arai moho matana manamo |
| 18 | mohoreko arai moho matana dihanamo |
| 19 | mohoreko arai moho matana orabakaya |
| 20 | warao (h)isaka [one Warao with all his fingers and toes ] |
| 21 | warao (h)isaka arai (h)isaka |
| 22 | warao (h)isaka arai manamo |
| 23 | warao (h)isaka arai dihanamo |
| 24 | warao (h)isaka arai orabakaya |
| 25 | warao (h)isaka arai mohobasi |
| 26 | warao (h)isaka arai moho matana (h)isaka |
| 27 | warao (h)isaka arai moho matana manamo |
| 28 | warao (h)isaka arai moho matana rihanamo |
| 29 | warao (h)isaka arai moho matana orabakaya |
| 30 | warao (h)isaka arai mohoreko [one Warao over both hands] |
| 40 | warao manamo [two Warao] |
| 50 | warao manamo arai mohoreko |
| 60 | warao rihanamo [three Warao] |
| 70 | warao rihanamo arai mohoreko |
| 80 | warao orabakaya [four Warao] |
| 90 | warao orabakaya arai mohoreko |
| 100 | warao mohobasi [five Warao] |
Source: Andrés Romero-Figeroa. A Reference Grammar of Warao, Lincom, München 1993.
Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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Information about Warao | Numbers
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