Table 1 The Simple Cardinal Numerals
Simple Cardinalsin Bàtɔ̀nū | Arabic Numerals | Gloss |
tía | 1 | ‘one’ |
ìru | 2 | ‘two’ |
ìta | 3 | ‘three’ |
nne | 4 | ‘four’ |
nᴐ̄ᴐ̄bù | 5 | ‘five’ |
ↄkuru/wↄkuru | 10 | ‘ten’ |
yendu/yeeru | 20 | ‘twenty’ |
tèna | 30 | ‘thirty’ |
weèru | 40 | ‘forty’ |
weeraɔkuru | 50 | ‘fifty’ |
wàta | 60 | ‘sixty’ |
wàtaɔkuru/wàtakuru | 70 | ‘seventy’ |
wène | 80 | ‘eighty’ |
wɛ̀naɔkuru/wɛ̀nakuru | 90 | ‘ninety’ |
wùnↄbù/wùna | 100 | ‘one hundred’ |
goòbu | 200 | ‘two hundred’ |
neèru | 400 | ‘four hundred’ |
nàta | 600 | ‘six hundred’ |
nѐne | 800 | ‘eight hundred’ |
nɔ̀rↄbù/nↄra | 1,000 | ‘thousand’ |
yѐkò | 1,000,000 | ‘million’ |
tusuru | 1,000,000,000 | ‘billion’ |
tùsù-goòru | 1,000,000,000,000 | ‘trillion’ |