Re: Types of numerals
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 14, 2006, 6:17 |
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Tom Chappell wrote:
> But I think there are, though they may be rare.
> What about English "quarter"? What about the Ancient
> Egyptian words for "2/3" and "1/3", whatever they
> were? (Does someone know? If I'm wrong about this, I
> don't want to keep "talking through my hat" about it.)
Others:
Latin _uncia_ = 1/12
Japanese _wari_ = 1/10; _bu_ = 1/100; _rin_ = 1/1000; mou = 1/10,000
Or, indeed, English _percent_ = 1/100
>>>and I wager "three-fourths" is lexicalized in
>>>some natlangs, as well.
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>
> Does anyone know for sure?
I believe Latin did. They had special words for multiples of 1/12.
9/12 (¾) was _dodrans_
http://www.sizes.com/units/uncia.htm
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