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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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7.9 Numerals<br />

Table 7.8: Suppletive and derived ordinal numerals<br />

cardinal<br />

ordinal<br />

1 akkta → 1 st vuostas<br />

11 akta-låk-akkta → 11 th akta-låk-aktát<br />

21 guäkte-låk-akkta → 21 st guäkte-låk-aktát<br />

2 guäkte → 2 nd mubbe<br />

12 akta-låk-guäkte → 12 th akta-låk-guoktát<br />

22 guäkte-låk-guäkte → 22 nd guäkte-låk-guoktát<br />

7.9.2 Complex numerals<br />

Any numerals other than those listed in Table 7.7 on the preceding page are complex<br />

numerals formed by combining the basic numerals. Multiples <strong>of</strong> ten are<br />

composed <strong>of</strong> the relevant cardinal numeral followed by lågev ‘ten’; examples are<br />

provided in Figure 7.1.<br />

guäkte-lågev gålbmå-lågev nällje-lågev<br />

two-ten three-ten four-ten<br />

20 30 40<br />

etc.<br />

Figure 7.1: Multiples <strong>of</strong> ten<br />

Note that lågev is <strong>of</strong>ten shortened to låk in fast speech, as in (43).<br />

(43) … gokt lij dánne giehtjavlåk jage maŋŋus<br />

gokt li-j dánne giehtjav-låk jage maŋŋus<br />

how be-3sg.pst here seven-ten year\nom.pl ago<br />

‘… how it was here seventy years ago.’ [pit0906_Ahkajavvre_a.001]<br />

There are two ways to compose two-digit numerals that are not multiples <strong>of</strong><br />

ten. One method appends the relevant numeral representing the ‘ones-digit’ to<br />

the multiple <strong>of</strong> ten, while lågev ‘ten’ is shortened to låk. This is illustrated in<br />

Figure 7.2 on the next page, with examples <strong>of</strong> two-digit numerals from the corpus<br />

presented in (45) and (44).<br />

(44) sån<br />

sån<br />

lä gakktselåkgiehtjav<br />

lä gakktse-låk-giehtjav<br />

3sg.nom be\3sg.prs eight-ten-seven<br />

‘She is eighty-seven years old.’<br />

jage<br />

jage<br />

year\nom.pl<br />

[pit100310b.146]<br />

145

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