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

Language:
Juba Arabic
Parameter:
Ordinal numerals
References
Manfredi 2005: 98-100

Examples

  1. áwal wái
    áwal
    first
    wái
    one
    the first one
  2. yom ta kámsa
    yom
    day
    ta
    poss
    kámsa
    five
    the fifth day

    See Manfredi 2005: 100

  3. síka ta sitta
    síka
    road
    ta
    poss
    sitta
    six
    the sixth road

    See Manfredi 2005: 100

  4. táni hája
    táni
    second
    hája
    thing
    the second thing
  5. áwal binía de ja umbári
    áwal
    first
    binía
    girl
    de
    dem
    ja
    come
    umbári
    yesterday
    The first girl came yesterday.