hetsi

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Malagasy[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Malay keti, from Sanskrit कोटि (koṭi).[1] Compare English crore.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhet͡si/, [ˈhet͡sʲ]

Numeral[edit]

hètsi

  1. One hundred thousand; a lakh.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alexander Adelaar (2009) “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, page 724.
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