mônh

Bahnar

Bahnar cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : mônh     Ordinal : mă mônh

Etymology

Clearly related to Proto-Bahnaric *muəj (“one”) and the Proto-Mon-Khmer numeral, but the final ‹nh› is unexplained. Compare also pêng (“three”), with unexpected ‹ng›.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːɲ/

Numeral

mônh

1. one

Usage notes

• The form mônh when it is the last morpheme in a phrase, such as ʼbar jĭt mônh (“twenty one”), mĭnh is used instead when it precedes other elements, for example mĭnh hrĕng (“one hundred”)