awoinye

awoinye

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

• IPA^(key): /a.wo.i.ˈɲe/

Numeral

awoinye (animate diawoinye)

1. ten

Alternative forms

• awoiwinye, awonye, awinye, ainye, aunge

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