Countings or Numbers for Four Footed Animals
to count (noun form) | to express quantity (adj. form) |
dorkung [one] | dore |
dornyi [two] | dornye he |
dorhing [three] | dorhing he |
dorpi [four] | dorpe he |
dorngo [five] | dorngo he |
dorkhii [six] | dorkhii he |
dorkanu [seven] | dorkanu he |
dorpinyi [eight] | dorpinye he |
dorkowa [nine] | dorkowa he |
dorlyan [ten] | dorlyan he |
lekun [eleven] | alyan he la dore |
lenyi [twelve] | alyan he la dornye he |
lehing [thirteen] | alyan he la dorhing he |
lepi [fourteen] | alyan he la dorpe he |
lengo [fifteen] | alyan he la dorngo he |
lekhii [sixteen] | alyan he la dorkhii he |
kanu [seventeen] | alyan he la dorkanu he |
pinyi [eight (after ten)] | alyan he la dorpinye he [eighteen] |
kowa [nine (after ten)] | alyan he la dorkowa he [nineteen] |
dor-nyikhan [twenty] | dor-nyikhan he |
dorkung [one (after twenty)] | nyikhan he la dore [twenty one] |
**dornyi, dorhing etc | nyikhan he la dornye he, nyikhan he la dorhing he etc. |
dor-hinkhan [thirty] | dor-hinkhan he |
dor-alyan piilyi [forty] | dor-alyan piilye he |
dor-alyan yango [fifty] | dor-alyan yango he |
dor-alyan khii [sixty] | dor-alyan khii he |
dorkanu khang nge [seventy] | dorkanu khang nge |
dorpinyi khang nge [eighty] | dorpinyi khang nge |
dorkowa khang nge [ninety] | dorkowa khang nge |
langn he la hinge nge / lan kun [one hundred] | lan nge [or dorkun-dornyi lan nge] |
lan nyi [two hundred] | lan nye he |
lan hing [three hundred] | lan hing he |
lan pi [four hundred] | lan pe he |
lan ngo [five hundred] | lan ngo he |
lan khii [six hundred] | lan khii he |
lan kanu [seven hundred] | lan kanu he |
lan pinyi [eight hundred] | lan pinyi he |
lan kowa [nine hundred] | lan kowa he |
zare/ zarkun [one thousand] | zare |
Note :- The above form of countings or numbers are also used for vehicles like bicycles, motor bikes, cars, buses, trucks, trains, aeroplanes etc
