Eβmiʔ morphology

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This page gives an extensive description of Eβmiʔ morphological features.

Numerals

The numeral system relies on a decimal base.

The first ten cardinal numbers are forms on their own:

digit
full form
1:
böm
2:
lar
3:
čuð
4:
ɖajh
5:
ʂu
6:
down
7:
gjih
8:
žyh
9:
βɔb
10:
ʂujl

Numerals from 11 to 19 are built with the construction ʂujl + nɔ + NUM:

digit
full form
11:
ʂujlnɔböm
12:
ʂujlnɔlar
13:
ʂujlnɔčuð
14:
ʂujlnɔɖajh
15:
ʂujlnɔʂu
16:
ʂujlnɔdown
17:
ʂujlnɔgjih
18:
ʂujlnɔžyh
19:
ʂujlnɔβɔb

The numerals for (one) hundred and (one) thousand are forms on their own:

digit
full form
100:
çijm
1000:
ňɔhçijm

The numerals for the multiples of tens, hundreds and thousands are built with the construction NUM + -(a)harʂujl / -(a)harçijm / -(a)harňɔhçijm:

tens
hundreds
thousands
2x:
larharʂujl larharçijm larharňɔhçijm
3x:
čuðharʂujl čuðharçijm čuðharňɔhçijm
4x:
ɖajhaharʂujl ɖajhaharçijm ɖajhaharňɔhçijm
5x:
ʂuharʂujl ʂuharçijm ʂuharňɔhçijm
6x:
downharʂujl downharçijm downharňɔhçijm
7x:
gjihaharʂujl gjihaharçijm gjihaharňɔhçijm
8x:
žyhaharʂujl žyhaharçijm žyhaharňɔhçijm
9x:
βɔbharʂujl βɔbharçijm βɔbharňɔhçijm

Numbers above the multiples of thousands have no name and are specified by the lesser numerals.

Composite numbers are built by just putting them beside, without any conjunction, in descending order:

  • 2985: larharňɔhçijm βɔbharçijm žyhaharʂujl ʂu

As for other parts of the language, all cardinal numerals are meant as invariable forms.

Ordinal numerals are formed by adding the suffix -da to the cardinal numeral form, with some irregularities:

digit
adjective form
1st:
bömda
2nd:
larda
3rd:
čuɖa
4th:
ɖajhda
5th:
ʂuda
6th:
downda
7th:
gjihda
8th:
žyhda
9th:
βɔbda
10th:
ʂujlda
11th:
ʂujlnɔbömda
12th:
ʂujlnɔlarda
13th:
ʂujlnɔčuɖa
20th:
larharʂujlda
30th:
čuðharʂujlda
600th:
downharçijmda
9000th:
βɔbharňɔhçijmda

If the numeral form is composite, the suffix is added to every form:

  • 325th: čuðharçijmda larharʂujlda ʂuda