Language name and locationː Sikaiana, Solomon Islands [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区西卡亚纳语, 所罗门群岛中部马莱塔岛东部之西卡亚纳环礁

 

1. tahi

21. luahui ma tahi

2. lua, siaoa

22. luahui ma lua

3. tolu

23. luahui ma tolu

4. ha  *

24. luahui ma ha

5. lima

25. luahui ma lima

6. ono

26. luahui ma ono

7. hitu

27. luahui ma hitu

8. valu

28. luahui ma valu

9. sivo

29. luahui ma sivo

10. sehui   

30. tonnuhui

11. sehui ma tahi

40. hannahui

12. sehui ma lua

50. limanahui

13. sehui ma tolu

60. ononahui / onnahui **

14. sehui ma ha

70. hitunohui

15. sehui ma lima

80. vannahui

16. sehui ma ono

90. sivanahui

17. sehui ma hitu

100. kaatoa, lau

18. sehui ma valu

200. luaka:toa, lualua

19. sehui ma sivo

1000. mano

20. luahui

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. William W. Donner, Department of Anthropology, Kutztown University, USA, October 26, 1995, April 18, 2013.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. William W. Donner, 1995 年 10 月 26 日, 2013 年 4 月 18 日

 

Other comments: Sikaiana has a decimal system. Sikaiana numbers are often followed by the object which is being counted: siaoa i te haahaa 'two taro'. The counting system, especially in exponential powers of ten, varies depending upon the item being counted. The classes of items are: (1) birds, coconuts, taro, fruits, dollars; (2) puddings, mats, years; (3) fish; (4) fathoms; and (5) humans.  Most younger speakers do not follow these distinctions, instead using the counting system in the first column for all objects, or simply use English terms.

 

         birds, coconuts, money, mats, pudding, years,  fish       length           humans

 

       1   tahi                          tahi                           tahi       seloha          hokotahi

       2   lua/siaoa                  lua                            lua        lohalua         tokalua

       3   tolu                          tolu                           tolu      lohatolu        tokatolu

       4   haa                          haa                            haa       lohahaa        tokahaa

       5   lima                         lima                          lima      lohalima       tokalima

       6   ono                          ono                           ono       lohaono        tokaono

       7   hitu                          hitu                           hitu       lohahitu       tokahitu

       8   valu                         valu                           valu       lohavalu      tokavalu

       9   sivo                          sivo                           sivo       lohasivo       tokasivo

     10   sehui                         kaatoa                       kaatoa    sekumi        kaatoa

     20   luahui                       kaulua                       matalua   luakumi     tinolua

     30   tonnuhui                   kautolu                      matatolu  tolukumi    tinotolu

     40   hannahui                   kauhaa                      matahaa   haakumi    tinohaa

     50   limanahui                 kaulima                     matalima  limakumi   tinolima

     60   onnahui                    kauono                      mataono   onokumi    tinoono

     70   hitunohui                  kauhitu                      matahitu  hitukumi    tinohitu

     80   vannahui                   kauvalu                     matavalu  valukumi    tinovalu

     90   sivanahui                  kausivo                      matasivo  sivokumi     tinosivo

   100   kaatoa                       lau                            lau          lau             lau

   200   luakaatoa                  lualau                        lualau      lualau        lualau

  1000   mano                       simata                        simata

10,000   ahe

 

Note that four is probably best represented as haa with a second vowel. My records are onnahui for 60 but it is very likely that they would contract an unstressed vowel so ononahui could be a more formal, slower speech. I am sorry but I have limited contact with the language for 20 years. Sikaiana is spoken by about 730 speakers in Sikaiana atoll, Malaita province, Solomon Islands.


 

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