Language name and locationː Minaveha, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 米纳维哈语 (库库雅语 Kukuya), 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省  

 

1. aitamoata

21.  onoto aitamoata ka aitamoata

2. ainua

22.  onoto aitamoata ka ainua

3. aitonu

23.  onoto aitamoata ka aitonu

4. na nau-punina

24.  onoto aitamoata ka na nau-punia

5. nima papani keana (lit: 'hand')

25.  onoto aitamoata ka nima papani keana

6. nima papani keana ka aitamoata

26.  onoto aitamoata ka 6

7. nima papani keana ka ainua

27.  onoto aitamoata ka 7

8. nima papani keana ka aitonu

28.  onoto aitamoata ka 8

9. nima papani keana ka na nau-punina

29.  onoto aitamoata ka 9

10. nima papani ainua (lit: 'hands two')

30.  onoto aitamoata ka nima papani ainua

11. nima papani ainua ka aitamoana

40.  onoto ainua (20 x 2)

12. nima papani ainua ka ainua

50.  onoto ainua ka nima papani ainua

13. nima papani ainua ka aitonu

60.  onoto aitonu (20 x 3)

14. nima pa. ainua ka na nau-punina

70.  onoto aitonu ka nima papani ainua

15. nima papani ainua ka  5

80.  onoto na nau-punina (20 x 4)

16. nima papani ainua ka  6

90.  on. na nau-punina k. nima papani ainua

17. nima papani ainua ka  7

100. onoto nima papani keana (20 x 5)

18. nima papani ainua ka  8

200. onoto nima papani ainua (20 x 10)

19. nima papani ainua ka  9

 

20. onoto aitamoata (lit: 'one man' )

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Larry Lovell. SIL International, Papua New Guinea. June 27, 1997. 
提供资的语言家: Mr. Larry Lovell. 1997 年 6 月 27 日.

 

Other comments: Minaveha or Kukuya has a quinary counting system and a phrase for twenty 'onoto aitamoata' which means 'one man'. However, they may only keep the traditional numbers from 1 to 3 now. Minaveha is spoken by about 2,300 speakers in

Fergusson Island in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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