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Maori
Etymology
ngahuru (“ten”) + mano (“thousand”). See also Tahitian manotini “twenty thousand”; Tongan mano and Samoan mano “ibid.”
Numeral
ngahuru mano
- ten thousand
- Synonyms: tini, tekau mano
References
- ^ Lemaitre, Yves (1985) “Les systèmes de numération en Polynésie orientale”, in Journal de la Société des Océanistes, volume 80, pages 3-13
- ^ Overmann, Karenleigh A. (2021 June) “Counting by “elevens” and why nine and two make twenty: The material roots of Polynesian numbers”, in Journal of Mathematics and Culture, volume 15, number 3, pages 1-32