liangge

See also: -liangge

Wutunhua

Etymology

Wutunhua numbers ^(edit)

	20
[a], [b] ←  1	2	3  →
Cardinal: ek, liangge     Ordinal: di-ek, niwa

From Mandarin 兩個 / 两个 (“two of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲɑ̃ŋkə]

Numeral

liangge

1. two

Usage notes

liangge is equivalent to a suppletive -ge-suffixed form of the numeral ek (“two”) (< Mandarin 二 (èr)).

ek (“two”) is used in counting and in compound numbers, while liangge is used to describe the actual number of things.

Related terms

• -liangge (“with”)

 

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN