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Ordinal numerals
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‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
Example 13-64:
firs storm
firs
num
.
ord
storm
storm
first storm
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 264
Example 13-65:
secon hoein
secon
num
.
ord
hoein
hoeing
second hoeing
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 282
Example 13-66:
one crowd
one
one
crowd
crowd
one crowd
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 286
Example 13-67:
two front feet
two
two
front
front
feet
feet
two front feet
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 286
Example 13-68:
It wuz Friday, May duh thuteent.
It
it
wuz
was
Friday,
Friday
May
May
duh
the
thuteen-t.
thirteen-
ord
It was Friday, the thirteenth of May.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
Ordinal numerals
Source:
Own knowledge
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