Counting

In Kuanua the word reading is used in two different ways. Firstly, it is used to mean count  (counting items) and secondly, it is used to mean read, as in reading a book or article. The word  for counting is niluluk and for count is luk. Here the main numbers and general counting method is written  for you to count in Kuanua.The letter a is usually added at the begining of most nouns. The number 1 is tikai but is one of those numbers you do not need to add the letter a in the beginning to change tikai into atikai. No, never! 1 is tikai, but 2 is urua to aurua and 3 is utul to autul and so forth. Counting 1 to 10 is tikai (1), aurua (2), autul (3), iwat/aiwat (4), ilima/ ailima (5), laptikai/alapitaka(6), lavurua/aluvurua (7), lavutul/alavutul (8), lavuvat/alavuvat (9), winun/awinun (10). A counting guide is presented below for counting and using higher numerals.

 Counting in Kuanua

10 - 1000

10  winun

20 ura winun

30 utula winun

40  iwat na winun

50 ilima na winun

60 laptikai na winun

70 lavurua na winun

80 lavutul na winun

90 lavuvat na winun

100 mar
200 ura mar
300 utula mar
400 iwat na mar
500 ilima na mar
600 laptikai na mar
700 lavurua na mar
800 lavutul na mar
900 lavuvat na mar

1000 - arip

1 - 10

1 tikai

2 urua

3 utul

4 iwat

5 ilima

6 laptikai

7 lavurua

8 lavutul

9 lavuwat

10 winun

11 - 1000+

11 winun ma tikai

21 ura winun ma tikai

31 utula winun ma tikai

41 iwat na winun ma tikai

51 ilima na winun ma tikai

61 laptikai na winun ma tikai

71 lavurua na winun ma tikai

81 lavutul na winun ma tikai

91 lavuvat na winun ma tikai

101 mar ma tikai

1001 arip ma tikai
2001 aura arip ma tikai
3001 autula arip ma tikai

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Ordinal Numbers

The addition of ordinal numbers here was inspired by Oxford University Press in its Facebook page. In part it stated, 

"Ordinal numbers are often difficult to remember when you start learning English. Unlike other languages that use the same ending for ordinals - for example, 'erste, zweite, dritte' in German - the English endings take irregular forms."  It asked the question How do you form ordinals in your language?  It prompted the following.

Lua   Luaina  1st

Urua.  Waurua 2nd

Utul   Wautul 3rd

Iwat    Waiwat 4th 

Ilima    Wailima  5th

Laptikai  Walaptikai 6th

Lawurua   Walawurua 7th

Lawutul   Walawutul  8th

Lawuwat   Walawuwat 9th

Winun      Wawinun  10th

For something to happen or done for the first time and later on remembered, it is referred to tamaluaina. The first ever.  Note tama is added to luaina to form the word tamaluaina. Note also wa is added to the others to form their ordinals beginning from second onwards, but never for luaina.