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Rapa Nui
Etymology
Borrowed from Tahitian ʻahuru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔa.ˈhu.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: 'a‧hu‧ru
Noun
ꞌahuru
- ten, tenfold
Usage notes
- 'Ahuru can't be used on its own as a numeral, it has to be preceded by another number:
- Hoꞌe ꞌahuru. ― Ten (literally, “One ten.”)
References
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 171
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 148