Protoform: TUMAQA [EO] An additive numeral ligative: *tu(u)maqa
| Description: | An additive numeral ligative: *tu(u)maqa |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *maa.1 |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Tuumaʔa | More or less; used between tens and units | (Kvt) |
| Hawaiian | Kuumaa | Prefix to numbers, as `umi kuumaakaahi "eleven" | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | An/tuumaa/ | Connects tens to units | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Duumaa | About, approximately; portion between two round numbers (e.g. 10 and 20); remainder (less than a whole number) | (Lbr) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tuumaa | Odd number in excess | (Wms) |
| Niue | Tumaa | Approximate counting units (refers to numbers 1 to 9 in units of 10 or greater; comparable to the English expressions "some twenty odd" , "some fifty odd" and so on; can be used to give the impression that the number is larger than the actual one | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Tuumaa | To be more, more than | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Tuumaa | Or more | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Tuumaa | And some more, more than, ever so many (after numerals) | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Tumaʔa | Ligature in the formation of composite numbers connecting basic numbers... without a following basic number, tuma`a means "and over, more than" | (Ebt) |
| Tahitian | Tuma | En sus, en plus. Over and above (Dvs). [ex. tens + units] | (Jsn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | (N)dumaa | Be a numeral above ten | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Tuma | An odd number in excess; plus, to add to [tens plus units] | (Dty) |
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