Nukunonu: way of life!
Nukunonu has different numerical systems, were the numbers
are called differently, It all depends of what you are counting.
So '10' coconuts are different then '10' tuna fish. It's not always 'ten'!
Counting tuna and octopus in the Tokelauan language:
Fokotahi | One | 1 |
Heaoa | Two | 2 |
Tolugafua | Three | 3 |
Fagafua | Four | 4 |
Lima | Five | 5 |
Onogafua | Six | 6 |
Fitugafua | Seven | 7 |
Valugafua | Eight | 8 |
Ivagafua | Nine | 9 |
Tinoagafulu | Ten | 10 |
Tinoagafulu ma tahi | Eleven | 11 |
Tinoagafulu ma lua | Twelve | 12 |
Tinoagafulu ma tolu | Thirteen | 13 |
Tinoagafulu ma fa | Fourteen | 14 |
Tinoagafulu ma lima | Fifteen | 15 |
Tinoagafulu ma ono | Sixteen | 16 |
Tinoagafulu ma fitu | Seventeen | 17 |
Tinoagafulu ma valu | Eighteen | 18 |
Tinoagafulu ma iva | Nineteen | 19 |
Tino lua | Twenty | 20 |
Tino lua ma tahi | Twenty one | 21 |
Tino tolu | Thirty | 30 |
Tino tolu ma tahi | Thirty one | 31 |
Tino fa | Fourty | 40 |
Tino fa ma lua | Fourty two | 42 |
Tino lima | Fifty | 50 |
Tino lima ma tolu | Fifty three | 53 |
Tino ono | Sixty | 60 |
Tino ono ma fa | Sixty four | 64 |
Tino fitu | Seventy | 70 |
Tino fitu ma lima | Seventy five | 75 |
Tino valu | Eighty | 80 |
Tino valu ma ono | Eighty six | 86 |
Tino iva | Ninety | 90 |
Tino iva ma fitu | Ninety seven | 97 |
Lau | One hundred | 100 |
Tai tino tolu | Lit. nearly thirty (for any number of mentioned items between numbers 21 and 30) | |
Tai tino ono | Lit. nearly sixty (for any number of mentioned items between numbers 51 and 60) | |
Counting drinking coconuts, riped cocunuts and germinating coconuts:
Fokotahi | One | 1 |
Heaoa | Two | 2 |
Tolugafua | Three | 3 |
Fagafua | Four | 4 |
Limagafua | Five | 5 |
Onogafua | Six | 6 |
Fitugafua | Seven | 7 |
Valugafua | Eight | 8 |
Ivagafua | Nine | 9 |
Fuiniu | Ten | 10 |
Fuiniu ma tahi | Eleven | 11 |
Fuiniu ma lua | Twleve | 12 |
Fuiniu ma tolu | Thirteen | 13 |
Fuiniu ma fa | Fourteen | 14 |
Fuiniu ma lima | Fifteen | 15 |
Fuiniu ma ono | Sixteen | 16 |
Fuiniu ma fitu | Seventeen | 17 |
Fuiniu ma valu | Eighteen | 18 |
Fuiniu ma iva | Nineteen | 19 |
Te amoga | Twenty | 20 |
Te amoga ma tahi | Twenty one | 21 |
Te amoga ma lua | Twenty two | 22 |
Te amoga ma tolu | Twenty three | 23 |
Te amoga ma fa | Twenty four | 24 |
Te amoga ma lima | Twenty five | 25 |
Te amoga ma ono | Twenty six | 26 |
Te amoga fitu | Twenty seven | 27 |
Te amoga ma valu | Twenty eight | 28 |
Te amoga ma iva | Twenty nine | 29 |
Tolugapulupulu | Thirty | 30 |
Fagapulupulu | Forty | 40 |
Fagapulupulu ma tahi | Forty one | 41 |
Limagapulupulu | Fifty | 50 |
Limagapulupulu ma lua | Fifty two | 52 |
Onogapulupulu | Sixty | 60 |
Onogapulupulu ma tolu | Sixty three | 63 |
Fitugapulupulu | Seventy | 70 |
Fitugapulupulu ma fa | Seventy four | 74 |
Valugapulupulu | Eighty | 80 |
Valugapulupulu ma lima | Eighty five | 85 |
Ivagapulupulu | Ninety | 90 |
Ivagapulupulu ma ono | Ninety six | 96 |
Helau | One hundred | 100 |
Helau ma tahi | One hundred and one | 101 |
Helau ma lua | One hundred and two | 102 |
Helau ma te amoga | One hundred and twenty | 120 |
Helau ma te tolugapulupulu | One hundred and thirty | 130 |
Helau ma te fagapulupulu | One hundred and fourty | 140 |
Lua helau | Two hundred | 200 |
Tahiga te puli | One thousand | 1000 |
Luaga te puli | Two thousand | 2000 |
Toluga te puli | Three thousand | 3000 |
Tai te amoga | Lit. nearly twenty (for any number of mentioned items between numbers 11 and 20) | |
Tai tolugapulupulu | Lit. nearly thirty (for any number of mentioned items between numbers 21 and 30) | |
Counting all other fish:
Tahi | One | 1 |
Luagamata | Two | 2 |
Tolugamata | Three | 3 |
Fagamata | Four | 4 |
Limagamata | Five | 5 |
Onogamata | Six | 6 |
Fitugamata | Seven | 7 |
Valugamata | Eight | 8 |
Ivagamata | Nine | 9 |
Lauagafulu | Ten | 10 |
Lauagafulu ma tahi | Eleven | 11 |
Lauagafulu ma lua | Twelve | 12 |
Lauagafulu ma tolu | Thirteen | 13 |
Lauagafulu ma fa | Fourteen | 14 |
Lauagafulu ma lima | Fifteen | 15 |
Lauagafulu ma ono | Sixteen | 16 |
Lauagafulu ma fitu | Seventeen | 17 |
Lauagafulu ma valu | Eighteen | 18 |
Lauagafulu ma iva | Nineteen | 19 |
Laulua | Twenty | 20 |
Tailaulua | Lit. nearly 20 (for any number of fish between numbers 11 and 20) | |