Kalinli
Kalinli (namba):[1]
- yino, yini, ndam ‘1’ animate, inanimate, counting
- ayi ‘2’ Note: The a- is a prefix and may be dropped in compounds: in list-counting ("one, two, three ." it is replaced by n- :: ndam, nyi, nta .)
- ata ‘3’
- anahi ‘4’
- anu ‘5’
- ayɔbu ‘6’
- ayɔpɔin ‘7’
- anii ‘8’
- awɛi ‘9’
- pia ‘10’
- piniyini ‘11’
- pinaayi ‘12’
- pinaata ‘13’
- pinaahi ‘14’
- piinaanu ‘15’
- piinaayɔbu ‘16’
- piinaayɔpɔin ‘17’
- pishaayika ‘18’ (Lit: twenty, two is not.there. Note: pii ni anii is not normal: this pattern is used for 98 and may be used for 38, etc.)
- pisiyinika ‘19’ (Lit: twenty, one is not.there. Note: pii ni awǫi is not normal: this pattern is used for 99 and may be used for 39 etc.)
- pishi ‘20’
- pishi ni yini ‘21’
- pishi ni ayi, etc. ‘22 etc.’
- pihita ‘30’
- pihinahi ‘40’
- pihinu ‘50’
- pihiyɔbu ‘60’
- pihiyɔpɔin ‘70’
- pihinii ‘80’
- pihiwai, pihiwɛi ‘90’
- kɔbigaayika ‘98’
- kɔbigayinika ‘99’
- kɔbiga ‘100’
- kɔɣim-[num] ‘one hundred and [num]’
- kɔɣimpia ‘110’
- kɔɣimpihinu ‘150’
- kɔbishiyi ‘200’
- kɔbisi-[num] ‘[num]hundreds’: Note: the numeral does not have its a- prefix
- kɔbisinii ‘800’
- tuhili/tusa ‘thousand/s’ Note: tusi is used up to 10,000 and the -i is elided upon the addition of a qualifying number
- tus'ata ‘three thousand’
kalinli
Yaɣ sheli | mathematical object |
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Pahi la | set of numbers |
Nahingbaŋ | type of number |
Manifestation of | quantity |
Stack Exchange tag | https://stackoverflow.com/tags/numbers |
Kundivihira
mali niŋ- ↑ Naden, Tony. 2014. Dagbani dictionary. Webonary.
- Dagbani (Dagbamba) numerals (André A. Wilson, 1999)