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 ...