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Example 37-52
ũa/pimyô, dôsu/sêgundu, têêxi/têsêw ~ trisêw, xinku/kintu
ũa/pimyô, dôsu/sêgundu, têêxi/têsêw ~ trisêw, xinku/kintu
one/first two/second three/third, five/fifth
one/first, two/second, three/third, five/fifth
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 2009
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: ‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
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