kaksteist

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Estonian

Estonian numbers (edit)
120
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    Cardinal: kaksteist
    Ordinal: kaheteistkümnes
    Collective: tosin
    Fractional: kaheteistkümnendik

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakci toicta kümmentä. Equivalent to kaks (two) +‎ teist (of second). Shortened from kaksteistkümmend ("two of the second decade"), which is still evident in declension. Cognate with Finnish kaksitoista.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑksˌtei̯st/
  • Hyphenation: kaks‧teist
  • Rhymes: -eist

Numeral

kaksteist

  1. twelve

Usage notes

There is also a shortened genitive singular, kaheteist and multiple other alternative partitive singulars: kahtteist, kahteteistkümmend, kahtteistkümmend and kahtteistkümmet.

Declension