Language name and locationː Arára of Pará, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区帕拉-阿拉拉语, 巴西

 

1. anane

2. adak    ( lit: ''pair, two'' )

3. adak anane  ( 2 + 1 )

4. adak adak    ( 2 + 2 )

5. adak adak anane or iedune ( litː ''of a hand'', (i)edune ''one side'')

6. adak adak adak           ( 2 + 2 + 2  )

7. adak adak adak anane  ( 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 )

8. adak adak adak adak    ( 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 )

9. adak adak adak adak anane ( 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 )

10. omiat omiat pene [ lit: 'omiat ''hand'', pene ''and (post-position)'' ]

11. aɡomi  (lit: ''minimal finger'' )
12. ibok aɡomi  (lit: ibok ''over'' )
13. iɾoptalɯ  (lit: ''the one from the middle'')
14. iɾoptalɯ imɯ (lit: imɯ ''big, father'' )
15. omiat omiat puɡuŋo edune (lit: ''hand plus hand and foot one side'' )
20. omiat omiat puɡuŋo puɡuŋo ( lit: puɡuŋo ''foot'' ) = two hands and two feet

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Isaac Souza, SIL International, Brazil, December 18, 2008..

提供资的语言: Mr. Isaac Souza, 2008 年 12 月 18 日

 

Other comments: Arára of Pará only has two words for numbers, they can count up to 20 by hands, feet and fingers. 20 is two hands and two feet which included 10 fingers and 10 toes.


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