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Example 41-64
uŋa, prumeer/primeer; doos, dozeer; trees, trezeer; kaatru, katreer; dɛɛs, dezeer
uŋa,
one
prum-eer/prim-eer;
one-
ord
/one-
ord
doos,
two
doz-eer;
two-
ord
trees,
three
trez-eer;
three-
ord
kaatru,
four
katr-eer;
four-
ord
dɛɛs,
ten
dez-eer
ten-
ord
one, first; two, second; three, third; four, fourth; ten, tenth
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: passim
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: 'First' is suppletive, all other numerals are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
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