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Example 45-40
uno, una, dos, ika-dos, tres, ika-tres, cuatro, ika-cuatro
uno,
one
una,
first
dos,
two
ika-dos,
second
tres,
three
ika-tres,
third
cuatro,
four
ika-cuatro
fourth
one, first, two, second, three, third, four, fourth
Comment:
Also
pang-dos
,
pang-tres
etc. can be used for the ordinal series.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Escalante 2005
: 222
Language:
Cavite Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: 'First' is suppletive, all other numerals are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
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