6.2 - Quantifiers
Quantifiers are just a kind of adjectives with respect to their morphosyntactic behaviour. They include six indefinite adjectives and the numbers. They are:
| all | báácta | each | caná |
|---|---|---|---|
| many | áámmáá | some | imamá |
| few | ráptar | none | úúluu |
| 1 | aarbáát | 10 | bártana |
| 2 | cúna | 20 | aaccúúna |
| 3 | cútal | 30 | cutánna |
| 4 | búúca | 40 | buucána |
| 5 | gáánaa | 50 | gaanáána |
| 6 | átab | 60 | atámba |
| 7 | cúrti | 70 | curtína |
| 8 | míímu | 80 | miimúna |
| 9 | bírba | 90 | birbána |
| 100 | lápál | 1,000 | ílí |
| 100,000 | utilì |
The six indefinites and the numbers from 1 to 4 inflect as three form nouns. 100, 1,000 and the numbers from 5 to 9 inflect as two form nouns. The other numbers are indeclinable.
The genitive-locative of quantifiers has an adverbial iterative meaning. Example: cúnagaagii: "twice"; úúluugaag: "never".
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