Value ‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals

Language:
Santome
Parameter:
Ordinal numerals

Examples

  1. plumê/plumêlu; segundu/sengundu; tlusêlu/tlêsêlu
    plumê/plumêlu;
    first
    segundu/sengundu;
    second
    tlusêlu/tlêsêlu
    third
    first; second; third
  2. Sun da plumê mina ũa bôbô, sun da sêgundu mina ũa bôbô, sun da tlêsêlu mina ũa bôbô.
    Sun
    man
    da
    give
    plumê
    first
    mina
    child
    ũa
    one
    bôbô,
    ripe.banana
    sun
    man
    da
    give
    sêgundu
    second
    mina
    child
    ũa
    one
    bôbô,
    ripe.banana
    sun
    man
    da
    give
    tlêsêlu
    third
    mina
    child
    ũa
    one
    bôbô.
    ripe.banana
    The man gave the first child a ripe banana, the man gave the second child a ripe banana, the man gave the third child a ripe banana.
  3. kabêsa xi ku ka fe dôzê
    kabêsa
    head
    xi
    dem
    ku
    rel
    ka
    ipfv
    fe
    do
    dôzê
    twelve
    the twelfth head