Rapa Nui[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tahitian ʻahuru.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ʔa.ˈhu.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: 'a‧hu‧ru
ꞌahuru
- ten, tenfold
Usage notes[edit]
- '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[edit]
- 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
