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Language name and locationː Kunimaipa, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. nap |
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2. nanariv |
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3. nanariv nap ( litː ''two plus one'') |
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4. nanariv nanariv ( litː '' two plus two'') |
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5. mar nas (litː ''one hand'') |
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6. mar nasikanan nap ( litː ''from one hand one'') |
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7. mar nasikanan nanariv ( litː ''from one hand two'') |
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8. mar nasikanan nanariv nap ( litː ''from one hand, two plus one'') |
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9. mar nasikanan nanariv nanariv ( litː ''from one hand, two plus two'') |
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10. mar nasikarokanan (litː ''hands two'') |
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11. mar nasikarokanan en nap (litː ''from two hands one toe'') |
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12. mar nasikarokanan en nanariv |
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13. mar nasikarokanan en nanariv nap |
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14. mar nasikarokanan en nanariv nanariv |
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15. mar nasikarokanan en nas (litː ''from two hands one foot'') |
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16. mar nasikarokanan en nas en nap (litː ''from two hands one foot, one'') |
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17. mar nasikarokanan en nas en nanariv |
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18. mar nasikarokanan en nas en nanariv nap |
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19. mar nasikarokanan en nas en nanariv nanariv |
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20. mar nasikarokanan en nasikaro (litː 'from two hands and two feet'') |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Maurice Boxwell and Ms. Elaine
Geary,
SIL International,
Papua New Guinea,
July 21, 提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Maurice Boxwell and Ms. Elaine Geary. 2011 年 7 月 21 日 |
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Other comments: Kunimaipa is spoken by approximately 8,000 speakers in north Goilala district, Central province, Morobe province and Oro province, Papua New Guinea. Kunimaipa has a (2, 5, 20) cyclic counting system. Tallying from 11 to 20 proceeds on the toes. 20 is 'two hands and two feet''. Note that the Kunimaipa has a system of noun suffixes so that most counting word change according to what is being counted. |
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Language name and locationː Kunimaipa, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. na-si |
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2. na-si-karo |
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3. na-si-karo na-si (litː ''one and 'something'') |
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4. na-si-karo na-si-karo (litː ''two and two'') |
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5. mara na-si (litː ''hand one'') |
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6. mara na-si kanaŋ na-si |
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7. mara na-si kanaŋ na-si-karo |
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8. mara na-si kanaŋ na-si-karo-na-si |
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9. mara na-si kanaŋ na-si-karo-na-si-karo |
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10. mara na-si karo (litː ''hands two'') |
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11. mara na-si karo kanaŋ na-si |
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12. mara na-si karo kanaŋ na-si-karo |
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13. mara na-si karo kanaŋ na-si karo na-si |
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14. mara na-si karo kanaŋ na-si karo na-si-karo |
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15. mara na-si karo eŋ na-si |
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16. mara na-si karo eŋ na-si kanaŋ na-si (litː ''hands two and leg one'') |
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17. mara na-si karo eŋ na-si kanaŋ na-si-karo |
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18. mara na-si karo eŋ na-si kanaŋ na-si-karo-na-si |
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19. mara na-si karo eŋ na-si kanaŋ na-si-karo na-si-karo |
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20. mara na-si karo eŋ na-si-karo (''hands two and legs two'') |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Kidu Magi,
Wycliffe-International,
Papua New Guinea,
June 8, 提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Kidu Magi, 2011 年 6 月 8 日 |
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Other comments: Kunimaipa has a (2, 5) cyclic counting system. The numeral 1 'na-si', has a morpheme 'na-' meaning 'something' and a noun suffix '-si' and so, strictly speaking , is not a numeral per se but a noun. The numeral '2' is 'na-si-karo', where 'karo' is a morpheme for 'two' and thus we have 'something + noun suffix + noun + two'. The number words fro 3 and 4 are combinations of 1 and 2. The number word for 5 is 'mara na-si' where 'mara' is the word for 'hand'. The number word for 6 is 'mara na-si kanaŋ na-si' and the number word for 10 is 'hand two'. Tallying from 11 to 20 proceeds on the toes, Thus 15 is 'mara na-si-karo eŋ na-si' where 'eŋ' means 'foot' and thus we have 'hands two foot one'. 20 is 'hands two feet two' |
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