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Javanese
Romanization
atus
- Romanization of ꦲꦠꦸꦱ꧀
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatus, compare Malay ratus.
Numeral
atus
- hundred
West Makian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatus.
Pronunciation
Numeral
atus
- hundred
- atus lo awoisiwe lo siwe ― one hundred and ninety-nine
Usage notes
This serves as a numeral root. For the specific number one hundred (100), the form atus minye must be used.
References
- F. S. Watuseke (1982) West Makian, a Language of the North-Halmahéra Group of the West-Irian Phylum, Anthropological Linguistics
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics