8.1.1.1. Cardinal numbers
ᦃᦱxaa¹5001nounleg of person, animal, furniture; footᦃᦸᧃ1 2ᦃᦱ ᦃᦸᧃ ᦌᦻᧉ.Left leg.ᦃᦱ ᧒ ᦃᦸᧃ.Two legs.ᦃᦱ ᦜᧂ: ᦃᦱ ᦐᦱᧉ.Rear legs: front legs.ᦃᦱ ᦶᦑᧃᧈ.Legs of a bed.ᦵᦊᧆᧈ ᦃᦱ.Stretch your legs.ᦀᧁ ᦃᦱ ᦍᧄᧈ ᦃᧁᧉ.Trample rice with your feet.2.1.3.2Leg2classifierclassifier for legsᦀᧁ ᦎᧁᧈ ᦔᦲᧃᧉ ᦎᦱᧂᧈ ᦠᦻ ᦺᦔ, ᦙᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᧔ ᦃᦱ ᦷᦔᧅ ᦃᦹᧃᧉ ᦝᦱᧉ.He turned the turtle upside down; its four legs poking up to the sky.9.2.6.1Classifiers3classifierclassifier for people. [Note: Used only with the number two.]ᦃᧁ ᧒ ᦃᦱ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦕ ᦉᦳᧆ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦟᦴᧅ ᦋᦻ ᦕᦴᧉ ᧚.The two of them gave birth to a son.ᦃᧁ ᧒ ᦃᦱ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦋᦲᧂ ᦂᧃ.The two of them competed.8.1.1.1.2Two9.2.6.1Classifiersᦀᦱᧉ ᦃᦱᦷᦂᧂᧈ ᦃᦱᦃᦱ ᦀᦸᧅᧈᦃᦱ ᦃᧁᧉᦃᦱ ᦷᦅᧅᦃᦱ ᦶᦆᧂᧈᦃᦱ ᦷᦍᦃᦱ ᦵᦎᧁᧈᦃᦱ ᦓᦸᧂᧈᦃᦱ ᦺᦔᦃᦱ ᦺᦔᧈᦃᦱ ᦔᧆᦃᦱ ᦗᦸᧅᦃᦱ ᦷᦜᧂᦃᦱ ᦟᦸᧉᦃᦱ ᦠᦱᧃᧉᦃᦱ ᦠᧅᦃᦱᦊᧂᧉᦃᦱᦙᦱᦶᦃᧃ ᦃᦱᦅᦱᧃ ᦃᦱ ᦶᦉᦅᦸᧇ ᦃᦱᦶᦆᧂᧈ ᦃᦱᦆᦸᧈ ᦃᦱᦇᦱᧄᧈ ᦃᦱᦇᦸᧅᦰ ᦶᦇᧅᦰ ᦃᦱᦊᦻ ᦃᦱᦍᦻᧉ ᦃᦱᦎᦱᧇ ᦃᦱᦷᦏᧅ ᦃᦱᦒᦱ ᦠᦱᧃ ᦃᦱ ᦖᦱᦺᦙᧉ ᦅᦸᧇ ᦃᦱᦙᧆ ᦃᦱ ᦙᧆ ᦶᦃᧃᦛᦱᧉ ᦃᦱᦢᦱᧆ ᦃᦱ᧓ ᦃᦱ
ᦅᦴᧈ1kuu⁵20001nounpair; coupleᦅᦴᧈ ᦷᦕ ᦵᦙ.A married couple.8.1.1.1.2Two2verb (transitive)to form a pair withᦂᦸ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦅᦴᧈ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦅᦴᧈ ᦷᦓᧅ?Can you pair up the trees with the birds? (from a children's reader)8.1.3.3Group of things3adjectiveeven (not odd)ᦟᦲᧅ ᦅᦴᧈ.An even number.8.1.1Number4numeraleveryᦷᦉᧃ ᦂᦽᧉ ᦙᦲ ᦅᦴᧈ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ.Every household has a banana garden.8.4.6.6.5Every time5classifierclassifier for pairsᦏᦴᧈ ᦅᦴᧈ ᧚.A pair of chopsticks.ᦎᦱᧂᧉ ᦠᦴ ᦅᦴᧈ ᧚.A pair of earrings.ᦷᦕ ᦵᦙ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦐᦳᧄᧈ ᧕ ᦅᦴᧈ.Five young couples.9.2.6.1Classifiersᦅᦴᧈ ᦅᦸᧉᦅᦴᧈ ᦷᦕ ᦵᦙᦅᦸᧉ ᦅᦴᧈ
ᦷᦅᧇkop⁵1verb (transitive)to double up; form a pairᦀᧁ ᦶᦕᧃᧈ ᦚᦱᧂᧈ ᦎᦱᧈ ᦈᦲᧃᧈ ᧒ ᦀᧃ ᦷᦅᧇ ᦂᧃ.Put two magnifying glasses together.8.1.1.1.2Two2classifierclassifier for pairsᦕᦴᧉ ᦉᦳᧂᧈ ᦟᦻ ᦀᧁ ᦟᦻ ᦙᦱ ᦉᦳᧂᧈ ᦟᦻ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦷᦅᧇ ᧚.The person who writes to me has sent me a pair of letters.9.2.6.1Classifiersᦂᦸᧂᧉ ᦷᦅᧇᦵᦉᦲᧉ ᦷᦅᧇ ᦐᧂ
ᦉᦲᧈ1sii²500numeralfour. Written as ᧔᧔8.1.1.1Cardinal numbersᦎᦱᧂᧈ ᦑᦲᧈ ᧔ ᦓᦱᦑᦱᧁᧉ ᦑᧂ ᧔ᦑᦱᧂ ᧔ ᦉᦳᧄᦒᦱᧆ ᧔᧓ ᦡᦱᧁᧉ ᧔ ᦶᦡᧃ᧔ ᦵᦈ᧔ ᦶᦈᧂᧈ᧔ ᦵᦟᧄᧈ᧔ ᦵᦟᧄᧈ ᦍᦱᧁ᧔ ᦵᦟᧄᧈ ᦗᦲᧆ᧔ ᦷᦟᧂ ᧘ ᦑᦱᧂ
ᦶᦉᧃ1sæn¹5001pre-verbvery; totallyᦜᧇ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦡᦲ.I was sleeping very well.ᦃᧁᧉ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦣᦲᧇ.They went into the house very quickly.ᦕᦳᧅᧈ ᦋᦹᧈ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦵᦡᧁ ᦂᧃ.She gave them very similar names.ᦷᦂ ᧞ ᦠᦳᧃ ᦜᧂ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦏᦹᧂ ᦺᦔ ᦚᦱ ᦺᦞᧉ.She was afraid and backed up all the way to the wall.9.3Very2numeralone hundred thousand. [Note: The word ᦶᦉᧃ is often used to mean 'a large number', where in English we might say 'millions'. The number 100,000 is more commonly expressed as ᦉᦲᧇ ᦖᦹᧃᧈ 'ten ten-thousands'.]ᦉᦲᧇ ᦖᦹᧃᧈᦟᦱᧃᧉ1ᦶᦉᧃ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦙᦱ ᦏᦻ ᦉᦽᧈ.Innumerable cities came to offer tribute.ᦃᦸᧉ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦣᦱᧁ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦖᦲᧃ ᦵᦗᦲᧃᧈ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦑᦱᧃᧈ ᦙᦱ.Their lifestyle was like that of millions of other people.8.1.3.1Many, much8.1.1.1Cardinal numbers3nouna minor official; former title for a village head“ᦶᦉᧃ” ᦵᦎᦲᧄᧈ ᦋᦾᧈ ᦘ ᦍᦱ ᦶᦎᧂᧈ ᦶᦙ ᦢᦱᧃᧉ ᦷᦃᧂᧈ.A 'saen' helps the lord to repair the villages.4.6.1.2Government officialᦇᦹᧃ ᦖᦹᧃᧈ ᦆᧄ ᦶᦉᧃᦶᦉᧃ ᦛᦲᧈᦶᦉᧃ ᦞᦱ ᦗᧃ ᦷᦍᧆᦶᦉᧃ ᦺᦡᦉᧄᧈ ᦖᦹᧃᧈ ᦉᧄᧈ ᦶᦉᧃᦵᦋᧂ ᦶᦉᧃᦓᦻ ᦶᦉᧃᦖᦹᧃᧈ ᦷᦋᧈ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦋᦱᧆ
ᦉᦲᧇ ᦉᦸᧂsip²sɔŋ¹2000numeraltwelve. Written as ᧑᧒᧑᧒8.1.1.1Cardinal numbersᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂ᧒ᦷᦃᧇᧈ ᦔᦲ ᧑᧒ ᦵᦡᦲᧃᦉᦲᧇ ᦉᦸᧂ ᦗᧃ ᦓᦱ
ᦌᦱᧁ1saaw⁴500numeraltwenty. Written as ᧒᧐᧒᧐ᦦᦱᧂᧉ ᧒᧐ ᦞᦱ.It was twenty armspans wide.8.1.1.1Cardinal numbersᦶᦂᧂ ᦶᦆ ᦷᦃᧉ ᦌᦱᧁᦵᦃᧁᧉ ᦌᦱᧁᦌᦱᧁ ᦵᦀᧆᦖᦱᧅ ᦘᦲᧅ ᦓᧄᧉ ᦌᦱᧁ
ᦐᧂᧉnaŋ³5001pre-verbsurely; certainlyᦇᦹᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦌᦳᧄ ᦺᦔ ᧞ ᦅᦱ.The money is surely lost.ᦙᧃ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦈᧅ ᦡᧇ ᦋᦲ ᦞᧂ ᦙᧃ ᧟.He will eat it and that will surely end his life.ᦵᦉ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦵᦙ ᦙᧃ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦡᦲ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦎᦸᧈ ᦂᦴ.If it was his wife who was sick he would surely have told me.9.4.4.2Sure2prepositionwith; accompanyingᦃᦲᧈ ᦵᦣᦲ ᦺᦔ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦗᦸᧈ ᦅᦱᧉ.He rode on the boat with the merchant.ᦵᦉ ᧞ ᦙᦱ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦂᧃ ᦋᦱᧆ ᦡᦲ ᦵᦍᦲᧄ ᦺᦈ ᧞.If we had come together it would be a lot of fun.7.2.5Accompany3prepositionindividually; one at a time (with a classifier)ᦶᦂᧉ ᦙᧆ ᦺᦙᧉ ᧟ ᦠᧅ ᦺᦔ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦂᦲᧂᧈ.He untied the bundle of sticks and broke them one stick at a time.ᦃᦸᧉ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦣᦱᧁ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦠᦸ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ ᦃᧁ ᦡᦲ ᦙᦱ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦞᧃ.Their way of life got better day by day.8.1.1.1.1One4prepositionfrom; originating fromᦌᦹᧉ ᦀᧁ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦎᦱᧂᧈ ᦕ ᦵᦑᧆ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦙᦱ.They buy them from other countries.ᦟᦴᧅ ᦀᦸᧃᧈ ᦃᧅ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦃᦸ ᦇᦹᧃ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦗᦸᧈ ᦶᦙᧈ.Hardworking children don't ask for money from their parents.8.4.6.1.5Since, from5prepositionaboutᦅᦹᧆ ᦍᦱᧅ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦵᦆᦲᧂᧈ ᦓᦳᧂᧈ ᦑᦱᧂ ᦺᦢ.They were worried about their clothing.ᦕᦲᧆ ᦵᦏᧂ ᦂᧃ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦷᦣ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦓᦱ.They were arguing about his cows going into the field.ᦶᦙᧈ ᦵᦅᦲᧂ ᦺᦈ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦂᧄ ᦵᦞᧃ ᦙᧃ, ᦺᦆᧈ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦙᧃ ᦠᦱ ᦷᦕ.Her mother was worried about her romantic life, and wanted her to find a husband.3.5.1.2.9Be about, subject6prepositionlikeᦵᦉᦲᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦃᦱᧁ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦵᦗᦲᧃᧈ.The shirt could not be cleaned white like the others.ᦀᦱᧃᧈ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦗᦸᧈ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦝᧂ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦗᦸᧈ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦵᦍᦲᧄ ᦐᧂᧉ ᦣᧁ.Read it to your parents so they can be happy like us.8.3.5.2.2Like, similar7post-verbalsoᦋᦱᧆ ᦍᦲᧃ ᦕᦲᧆ ᦺᦈ ᦶᦑᧉ, ᦍᦲᧃ ᦖᦸᧂ ᦺᦈ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦐᧂᧉ.She was very angry and also very sad.ᦟᦴᧅ ᦵᦂᦲᧆᧈ ᦗᦸᧈ ᦉ ᦏᦲ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦺᦊᧈ ᦗᦲᧂ ᦙᦱ ᦐᧂᧉ.The natural child of the rich man was also grown up.9.6.1.1And, alsoᦐᧂᧉ ᦀᦲᧆᦐᧂᧉ ᦶᦑᧉᦐᧂᧉ ᦶᦙᧃᧈᦐᧂᧉ ᦛᦱᧃᦐᧂᧉ ᦞᦱᧈᦐᧂᧉ ᦷᦡᧃᧈᦡᦴ ᦐᧂᧉ
ᦓᦹᧂᧈnɯŋ⁵5001numeralone. [Note: The numeral one is written ᧚ as a single digit, or ᧑ when part of a larger number. The number one (like other numbers) precedes the classifier. When ᦓᦹᧂᧈ follows the classifier it is not a number, but an indefinite demonstrative (see sense 2).]᧚ 1᧑᧑᧐᧐᧐.1000.ᦃᦲᧂ ᧚ ᦎᦸᧃᧈ.One piece of ginger.ᦃᦲᧂ ᧑᧑ ᦎᦸᧃᧈ.Eleven pieces of ginger.8.1.1.1.1One8.1.1.1Cardinal numbers2demonstrative adjectivea; an (indefinite)ᦙᦲ ᦇᦴ ᦷᦎ ᧚ ᦵᦜᦲᧆᧈ ᦀᦸᧅᧈ ᦙᦱ.A snake slithered out.ᦀᧁ ᦍᦴ ᦙᦱ ᦂᦱᧃᧉ ᧚, ᦔᧆ ᦦᦱᧆ ᦊᦱᧅ ᦵᦊᦲᧉ.He took a broom and swept up the garbage.9.2.3.2Indefinite pronounsᦒᦲ ᧚
