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Re: Types of numerals

From:Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
Date:Thursday, January 5, 2006, 18:18
OK, here's my take on (part of) Peter Bleackley's numbers:

Hope the formatting survives... Assuming penultimate stress in all cases--

1 iwa > i(j)O iwake > Ha?i (H= semivoc.[y] IIRC)
2 naro > naru naroke > ndro?i
3 miko > mi?u mikoke > Ngo?i
4 toko > tu?u tokoke > sko?i (or tsko?i ??)
5 ken > kEn kenke > kiNgi
6 jasu > ezu jasuke > su?i
7 Sigu > Siju Siguke > Sku?i
8 dZoze > ZoZi    dZozeke > Zwi?i
9 hija > je hijake > Cja?i (C=ich-laut IIRC)
10 nao > nO naoke > no?i
11 haro > aru haroke > hro?i (vl. r)
12 otsu > os:u otsuke > tsu?i
13 naomiko> mbi?u naomikoke > nONgo?i
20 naronao> nar'nO naronaoke > ndrono?i

I'll see what I can do with the remainder; polysyllabic compound forms need
more thought....

In the meantime, I do believe the ordinal/cardinal relationship has been
sufficiently obscured :-)))))