ꞌahuru

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian ʻahuru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈhu.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: 'a‧hu‧ru

Noun

ꞌahuru

1. ten, tenfold

Usage notes

• 'Ahuru can't be used on its own as a numeral, it has to be preceded by another number:

  Hoꞌe ꞌahuru. ― Ten (literally, “One ten.”)

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 171
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 148