Language
name and locationː Kairiru,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tai |
21. qolem wuru tai |
2. wuru |
22. qolem wuru wuru |
3. tuol |
23. qolem wuru tuol |
4. vyat |
24. qolem wuru vyat |
5. vilr̃i or lim (litː 'hand') |
25. qolem wuru lim |
6. lim-tai ( 5 + 1 ) |
26. qolem wuru lim-tai |
7. lim-wuru ( 5 + 2 ) |
27. qolem wuru lim-wuru |
8. lim-tuol ( 5 + 3 ) |
28. qolem wuru lim-tuol |
9. lim-vyat ( 5 + 4 ) |
29. qolem wuru lim-vyat |
10. qolem tai |
30. qolem tuol |
11. qolem tai tai |
40. qolem vyat |
12. qolem tai wuru |
50. valuny (lit: 'a half ') |
13. qolem tai tuol |
60. qolem lim-tai |
14. qolem tai vyat |
70. qolem lim-wuru |
15. qolem tai lim |
80. qolem lim-tuol |
16. qolem tai lim-tai |
90. qolem lim-vyat |
17. qolem tai lim-wuru |
100. wurol tai |
18. qolem tai lim-tuol |
101. wurol tai tai |
19. qolem tai lim-vyat |
110. wurol tai qolem tai |
20. qolem wuru |
116. wurol tai qolem tai lim-tai |
Sourceː Richard Wilvell, MA Thesis, 1981, A Grammar of Kairiru. A thesis presented to the University of Auckland in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of Auckland |
Other comments:
Kairiru has a quinary counting system. The word
wurol
'100' was the highest integer recorded and valuny was seen by the
informant as being 'half of wurol. |
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