Value 'First' is suppletive, all other numerals are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals

Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
Parameter:
Ordinal numerals

Examples

  1. `mche ungi wa ka tatu.
    `mche
    wife
    ungi
    different
    wa
    1:of
    ka
    time
    tatu.
    three
    the third wife
  2. vabora veri, `mbwange wa ka tatu.
    vabora
    2:girls
    va-iri
    2-two
    `mbwange
    1:boy
    u-a
    1-of
    ka
    time
    tatu
    three
    two girls, the third one a boy
  3. bosí; kigí cha bosí
    bosí;
    first
    kigí
    7.thing
    cha
    7:of
    bosí
    first
    first; the first thing
  4. kiboko wé
    kiboko
    hippo
    wé
    one
    one hippo