awoinye

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West Makian

West Makian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : awoinye

Etymology

From awoi- +‎ -nye. Compare also minye (one) and calannye (one thousand).

Pronunciation

Numeral

awoinye (animate diawoinye)

  1. ten

Alternative forms

References

  • Dick Teljeur (1982) Short Wordlists from South Halmahera, Kayoa, Makian, Ternate, Tidore, and Bacan, Pacific linguistics
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics