8.1.1. Number
ᦃᦱxaa¹5001nounleg of person, animal, furniture; footᦃᦸᧃ1 2ᦃᦱ ᦃᦸᧃ ᦌᦻᧉ.Left leg.ᦃᦱ ᧒ ᦃᦸᧃ.Two legs.ᦃᦱ ᦜᧂ: ᦃᦱ ᦐᦱᧉ.Rear legs: front legs.ᦃᦱ ᦶᦑᧃᧈ.Legs of a bed.ᦵᦊᧆᧈ ᦃᦱ.Stretch your legs.ᦀᧁ ᦃᦱ ᦍᧄᧈ ᦃᧁᧉ.Trample rice with your feet.2.1.3.2Leg2classifierclassifier for legsᦀᧁ ᦎᧁᧈ ᦔᦲᧃᧉ ᦎᦱᧂᧈ ᦠᦻ ᦺᦔ, ᦙᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᧔ ᦃᦱ ᦷᦔᧅ ᦃᦹᧃᧉ ᦝᦱᧉ.He turned the turtle upside down, its four legs poking up to the sky.9.2.6.1Classifiers3classifierclassifier for people. [Note: Used only with the number two.]ᦃᧁ ᧒ ᦃᦱ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦕ ᦉᦳᧆ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦟᦴᧅ ᦋᦻ ᦕᦴᧉ ᧚.The two of them gave birth to a son.ᦃᧁ ᧒ ᦃᦱ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦋᦲᧂ ᦂᧃ.The two of them competed.8.1.1.1.2Two9.2.6.1Classifiersᦀᦱᧉᦃᦱᦷᦂᧂᧈᦃᦱᦃᦱᦀᦸᧅᧈᦃᦱᦃᧁᧉᦃᦱᦷᦅᧅᦃᦱᦶᦆᧂᧈᦃᦱᦊᧂᧉᦃᦱᦶᦌᦃᦱᦷᦍᦃᦱᦵᦎᧁᧈᦃᦱᦓᦸᧂᧈᦃᦱᦺᦔᦃᦱᦺᦔᧈᦃᦱᦔᧆᦃᦱᦗᦸᧅᦃᦱᦙᦱᦃᦱᦷᦜᧂᦃᦱᦟᦸᧉᦃᦱᦠᦱᧃᧉᦃᦱᦠᧅᦶᦃᧃᦃᦱᦅᦱᧃᦃᦱᦶᦉᦅᦸᧇᦃᦱᦶᦆᧂᧈᦃᦱᦆᦸᧈᦃᦱᦇᦱᧄᧈᦃᦱᦇᦸᧅᦰᦶᦇᧅᦰᦃᦱᦊᦻᦃᦱᦍᦻᧉᦃᦱᦎᦱᧇᦃᦱᦷᦏᧅᦃᦱᦒᦱᦠᦱᧃᦃᦱᦖᦱᦺᦙᧉᦅᦸᧇᦃᦱᦙᧆᦃᦱᦙᧆᦶᦃᧃᦛᦱᧉᦃᦱᦢᦱᧆᦃᦱ᧓ᦃᦱ
ᦅᦴᧈ1kuu⁵20001nounpair; coupleᦅᦴᧈ ᦷᦕ ᦵᦙ.A married couple.8.1.1.1.2Two2verb (transitive)to form a pair withᦂᦸ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦅᦴᧈ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦅᦴᧈ ᦷᦓᧅ?Can you pair up the trees with the birds? (from a children's reader)8.1.3.3Group of things3adjectiveeven (not odd)ᦟᦲᧅ ᦅᦴᧈ.An even number.8.1.1Number4numeraleveryᦷᦉᧃ ᦂᦽᧉ ᦙᦲ ᦅᦴᧈ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ.Every household has a banana garden.8.4.6.6.5Every time5classifierclassifier for pairsᦏᦴᧈ ᦅᦴᧈ ᧚.A pair of chopsticks.ᦎᦱᧂᧉ ᦠᦴ ᦅᦴᧈ ᧚.A pair of earrings.ᦷᦕ ᦵᦙ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦐᦳᧄᧈ ᧕ ᦅᦴᧈ.Five young couples.9.2.6.1Classifiersᦅᦴᧈᦅᦸᧉᦅᦴᧈᦷᦕᦵᦙᦅᦸᧉᦅᦴᧈ
ᦅᧄ1kam⁴5001nounword; message; command; directionsᦃᦸᧉ 4ᦅᧄ1 4ᦔᦱᧅ ᦅᧄ ᦃᦸᧉ ᦺᦡ ᦙᦱ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦶᦜᧄ ᦵᦖᦲᧃ ᦃᦲᧄ.Every word he speaks is sharp like a needle.ᦵᦣᧆ ᦡᦽᧉ ᦎᦱᧄ ᦅᧄ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦏᧁᧉ ᦢᦸᧅᧈ ᦓᧃᧉ.He did according to the instructions that the old man gave him.3.5.3.1Word3.5.2.2News, message2nounlanguageᦅᧄ ᦠᦸᧉ.Chinese language.ᦔᦲᧃ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦺᦑ ᦟᦹᧉ, ᦔᦱᧅ ᦅᧄ ᦺᦑ ᦟᦹᧉ.We are Dai Lue people. We speak the Dai Lue language.3.5.3Language3nounsyllableᦉᦙᦏ'ᦉ ᦙ ᦏ' ᦙᦲ ᧓ ᦅᧄ.The word 'samata' has three syllables.9Grammar4classifierclassifier for times, occurrences, words, languages, mouthfulsᦀᧁ ᦙᦹ ᦎᦱᧇ ᧒ ᦅᧄ.He tapped it two times with his hand.᧑᧐ ᦅᧄ ᦝᧂ ᦅᧄ ᦵᦡᧁ. For every ten words he spoke I only listened to one of them.ᦈᦳᧄ ᦓᧄᧉ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦅᧄ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦅᧄ.He sank into the water bit by bit.8.1.1.3Number of times9.2.6.1Classifiersᦀᦳᧇᧈᦅᧄᦵᦁᦲᦅᧄᦶᦂᧉᦅᧄᦂᦱᧃᦅᧄᦂᦱᧃᧉᦅᧄᦃᦸᧉᦅᧄᦃᦸᧉᦖᧃᧉᦅᧄᦶᦂᧃᧈᦅᧄᦀᦳᦔᦙᦱᦅᧄᦀᦳᦥᦻᦅᧄᦀᦳᧃᧈᦑᦳᧃᦅᧄᦀᦸᧃᦐᦱᧉᦅᧄᦀᦱᧆᦍᦱᦅᧄᦶᦂᧉᦺᦃᦅᧄᦶᦂᧉᦺᦃᦷᦢᧆᦅᧄᦂᦲᧃᦅᧄᦂᦸᧃᧈᦅᧄᦃᦲᦵᦅᦲᧂᦅᧄᦷᦃᦅᧄᦃᦸᦅᧄᦺᦃᦷᦢᧆᦅᧄᦃᦳᧃᦓᦱᦅᧄᦃᧄᧈᦃᦸᦅᧄᦃᦱᧄᧈᦅᧄᦃᧇᦅᧄᦵᦅᧆᦅᧄᦅᦹᧆᦅᧄᦅᦹᧆᦅᧄᦘᦸᧂᦅᧄᦆᦱᧉᦅᧄᦆᦻᧉᦅᧄᦆᧇᦆᦻᧈᦅᧄᦇᦱᧃᦅᧄᦈᦱᦅᧄᦈᦳᦅᧄᦟᦻᧈᦅᧄᦶᦈᧆᦖᦴᧈᦅᧄᦈᦹᧈᦅᧄᦉᦈᦅᧄᦉᦴᧈᦂᧃᦅᧄᦉᧂᧈᦅᧄᦉᧂᦂᦱᦅᧄᦉᧂᧈᦉᦸᧃᦅᧄᦉᦸᧃᦅᧄᦊᦾᧉᦅᧄᦚᦾᦅᧄᦊᦸᧅᦅᧄᦷᦃᦅᧄᦋᦱᧉᦵᦅᧆᦅᧄᦋᦱᧉᦅᧄᦊᦸᧅᦅᧄᦋᦴᦅᧄᦷᦍᧅᦍᦸᦅᧄᦶᦎᧄᧉᦅᧄᦷᦎᦰᦍᦸᦰᦅᧄᦎᦸᦰᦅᧄᦺᦎᧉᦅᧄᦵᦐᦲᦅᧄᦎᦱᧃᧉᦅᧄᦎᦸᧇᧈᦅᧄᦏᦹᦷᦣᧇᦅᧄᦏᦱᧄᦅᧄᦑᦻᦅᧄᦑᦱᧄᦅᧄᦅᧄᦑᧅᦑᦻᦅᧄᦑᦸᧅᦶᦟᧅᦅᧄᦷᦒᦅᧄᦓᧄᦅᧄᦓᦱᧄᦅᧄᦔᦱᧅᦅᧄᦵᦕᧅᧈᦵᦑᧄᦅᧄᦷᦕᧃᦅᧄᦕᦲᧆᦅᧄᦖᧃᧉᦅᧄᦖᧃᧉᦃᧃᦅᧄᦗᦲᦅᧄᦺᦗᦅᧄᦗᦹᧂᦅᧄᦗᦸᧃᦅᧄᦺᦘᦅᧄᦘᦸᧂᦅᧄᦵᦙᦲᧈᦂᦸᧃᧈᦅᧄᦙᧅᦅᧄᦚᦾᦅᧄᦚᧃᦅᧄᦷᦜᧇᦅᧄᦜᧅᦅᧄᦞᦱᧈᦶᦈᧂᧉᦅᧄᦟᦹᦌᦱᦅᧄ᧟ᦅᧄᦷᦠᦷᦙᧃᦅᧄᦠᦱᧃᦅᧄᦠᦱᧅᦅᧄᦡᦱᧈᦅᧄᦵᦡᧁᦅᧄᦷᦢᦟᦱᧃᦅᧄᦣᦲᦰᦅᧄᦣᦻᧉᦋᦻᧉᦃᦱᧆᦅᧄ᧚ᦷᦉᧇᦕᦻᦅᧄᦙᦱᧅᦷᦉᧇᦙᦸᧂᧈᦅᧄᦜᦻᦉᧅᦅᧄᦶᦎᧆᦅᧄᦎᦸᦰᦅᧄᦏᦾᧉᦅᧄᦔᦳᧂᦅᧄᦔᦲᧃᦅᧄᦔᦲᧃᦅᧄᦔᦱᧅᦅᧄᦟᦱᧅᦵᦉᧂᦔᦱᧅᦢᧁᧈᦔᦲᧃᦅᧄᦕᦴᧉᦔᦱᧅᦅᧄᦶᦖᧈᦅᧄᦖᦹᧃᧈᦃᦸᧉᦗᧃᦅᧄᦺᦙᧉᦅᧄᦉᦳᧆᦺᦙᧉᦅᧄᦊᦹᧆᦵᦜᦲᦅᧄᦜᦳᧄᧉᦅᧄᦷᦎᦰᦣᦴᧉᦅᧄᦅᦳᧃᦣᧇᦅᧄ
ᦶᦉᧃ4sæn¹5001pre-verbvery; totallyᦜᧇ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦡᦲ.I was sleeping very well.ᦃᧁᧉ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦣᦲᧇ.They went into the house very quickly.ᦕᦳᧅᧈ ᦋᦹᧈ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦵᦡᧁ ᦂᧃ.She gave them very similar names.ᦷᦂ ᧞ ᦠᦳᧃ ᦜᧂ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦏᦹᧂ ᦺᦔ ᦚᦱ ᦺᦞᧉ.She was afraid and backed up all the way to the wall.9.3Very2numeralone hundred thousand. [Note: The word ᦶᦉᧃ is often used to mean 'a large number', where in English we might say 'millions'. The number 100,000 is more commonly expressed as ᦉᦲᧇ ᦖᦹᧃᧈ 'ten ten-thousands'.]ᦉᦲᧇᦖᦹᧃᧈᦟᦱᧃᧉ1ᦶᦉᧃ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦙᦱ ᦏᦻ ᦉᦽᧈ.Innumerable cities came to offer tribute.ᦃᦸᧉ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦣᦱᧁ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦖᦲᧃ ᦵᦗᦲᧃᧈ ᦶᦉᧃ ᦑᦱᧃᧈ ᦙᦱ.Their lifestyle was like that of millions of other people.8.1.3.1Many, much8.1.1.1Cardinal numbers3nouna minor official; former title for a village head“ᦶᦉᧃ” ᦵᦎᦲᧄᧈ ᦋᦾᧈ ᦘ ᦍᦱ ᦶᦎᧂᧈ ᦶᦙ ᦢᦱᧃᧉ ᦷᦃᧂᧈ.A 'saen' helps the lord to repair the villages.4.6.1.2Government officialᦇᦹᧃᦖᦹᧃᧈᦆᧄᦶᦉᧃᦶᦉᧃᦞᦱᦗᧃᦷᦍᧆᦶᦉᧃᦺᦡᦉᧄᧈᦖᦹᧃᧈᦉᧄᧈᦶᦉᧃᦵᦋᧂᦶᦉᧃᦓᦻᦶᦉᧃᦖᦹᧃᧈᦷᦋᧈᦶᦉᧃᦋᦱᧆ
ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂsip²sɔŋ¹2000numeraltwelve. Written as ᧑᧒᧑᧒8.1.1.1Cardinal numbersᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂ᧒ᦷᦃᧇᧈᦔᦲ᧑᧒ᦵᦡᦲᧃᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂᦗᧃᦓᦱ
ᦌᦱᧁ1saaw⁴500numeraltwenty. Written as ᧒᧐᧒᧐ᦦᦱᧂᧉ ᧒᧐ ᦞᦱ.It was twenty armspans wide.8.1.1.1Cardinal numbersᦶᦂᧂᦶᦆᦷᦃᧉᦌᦱᧁᦵᦃᧁᧉᦌᦱᧁᦌᦱᧁᦵᦀᧆᦖᦱᧅᦘᦲᧅᦓᧄᧉᦌᦱᧁ
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