Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Melanau numbers


Common Usage Numbers

1 - ja

2 - dua

3 - telo

4 - pat

5 - lima

6 - nem

7 - tuju'

8 - ayan

9 - ulan

10 - pelu'en

11 - sebelaih

12 - dua belaih

13 - telo belaih

14 - pat belaih

15 - lima belaih

16 - nem belaih

17 - tuju' belaih

18 - ayan belaih

19 - ulan belaih

20 - dua pulo'

21 - dua pulo' satu

22 - dua pulo' dua

30 - telo pulo'

40 - pat pulo'

50 - lima pul'o

60 - nem pul'o

70 - tuju' pulo'

80 - ayan pulo'

90 - ulan pulo'

100 - seratuih

200 - dua ratuih

300 - telo ratuih

400 - pat ratuih

500 - lima ratuih

600 - nem ratuih

700 - tuju' ratuih

800 - ayan ratuih

900 - ulan ratuih

1000 - se ribu

10000 - pelu'en ribu

100000 - se ratuih ribu

1000000 - se juta


Aristocratic Numbers

1 - jei

2 - jerunei

3 - telamong

4 - besei

5 - tuka' (tukak)

6 - nawa' (nawak)

7 - kuten

8 - dulen

9 - pulu' (puluk)

10 - pelu'en


Melanau - Malay Numbers

1. satu

2. dua

3. telo

4. pat

5. lima

6. nem

7.tuju'

8. lapan

9. sembilan

10. sepuluh/pelu'en

2 comments:

koober said...

Love your blog, brother. You are super informative. I learn a lot from you. Thank you so much for sharing our common culture. God bless you and your esteemed family, though we never met.

johan1960 said...

Sorry I am taking a long time to edit my blogs. I have not been in the best of health.