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Ordinal numerals
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'First' is suppletive, all other numerals are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
Example 3-39:
di fu mbei tu
di
def
.
sg
fu
for
mbei
make
tu
two
second
Source:
de Groot 1977
: 305
Example 3-40:
fósu; fósuwan
fósu;
first
fósuwan
first.one
first; the first
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Ordinal numerals
Source:
de Groot 1977
: 305
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