NumType
: numeral type
Appr
: approximal number or corresponding interrogative / relative / indefinite / demonstrative word
This is a subtype of number
Examples
- [myv] зярошка, кавтошка, кавто-колмо “about how many, two or so, two or three”
Assoc
: associative number or corresponding interrogative / relative / indefinite / demonstrative word
This is a subtype of number with person reference
Examples
- [myv] кавонень, кавонеть, кавонензэ, кавоненек, кавоненк, кавонест \n “both me and another party, both you[sg] and another party, both him/her/it and another party, the two of us, the two of you, the two of them”
- [myv] колмонень, колмонеть, колмонензэ, колмоненек, колмоненк, колмонест \n “me and two nother parties, you[sg] and two other parties, him/her/it and two other parties, the three of us, the three of you, the three of them”
Card
: cardinal number or corresponding interrogative / relative / indefinite / demonstrative word
Examples
- [myv] вейке, кавто, колмо “one, two, three”
Dist
: distributive number is made through reduplication of the number in the indefinite genitive for all but the number ‘one’. Alternatively, the second element may appear in the nominative singular, in which case there is an implication the everything has been distributed.
Examples
- [myv] вейте-вейте, кавтонь-кавтонь, колмонь-колмонь “one a piece; two a piece, two-by-by; three a piece, three-by-three”
- [myv] тонавтыцясь явшинзе умартнень кавтонь-кавтонь “the teacher passsed out the apples two a piece”
- [myv] тонавтыцясь явшинзе умартнень кавтонь-кавто “_the teacher passsed out the apples two a piece
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Frac
: fraction
This is a subtype of number in Erzya with a limitation to half
.
Examples
- [myv] пель “half”
Ord
: ordinal number or corresponding interrogative / relative / indefinite / demonstrative word
This is a subtype of adjective or (in some languages) of adverb.
Examples
- [myv] васенце, омбоце, колмоце “first, second, third”
Mult
: multiplicative numeral or corresponding interrogative / relative / indefinite / demonstrative word
This is subtype of adverb.
Examples
- [myv] весть, кавксть, колмоксть, котоксть “once, twice, thrice, six times”
OrdMult
: ordinal multiplicative numeral or corresponding interrogative / relative / indefinite / demonstrative word
This is a subtype of adverb, but in Erzya it is a regular inflection of virtually any whole number.
Examples
- [myv] васенцеде, омбоцеде, колмоцеде “for the first time, for the second time, for the third time”
Sets
: set numeral or corresponding interrogative / relative / indefinite / demonstrative word
This is a subtype of number in Erzya, and it is a regular inflection of virtually any whole number.
Examples
- [myv] веенст понкст, кавонст конфеткат, колмонст васоньпеельть “one pair of pants, two sets of candy, three pair of scissors”
OrdSets
: ordinal set numerals or corresponding interrogative / relative / indefinite / demonstrative word
This is a subtype of number.
Examples
- [myv] омбонст, колмоценст “second set, third set”
NumType in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [el] [en] [es] [fi] [fr] [ga] [hu] [hy] [it] [ka] [kk] [koi] [kpv] [ky] [mdf] [myv] [pcm] [qpm] [sl] [sme] [sv] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urj] [uz] [xav] [xcl]