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An Elementary Grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese Language

by Thomas Hodson

 42. Ordinal Numbers, &c. (§ 342 - 345)

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Hodson, Thomas: An elementary grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese language. --  42. Ordinal Numbers, &c. (§ 342 - 345). -- Fassung vom 2011-08-27. -- URL: http://www.payer.de/hodson/hodson42.htm     

First published as:  Hodson, Thomas: An elementary grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese language ; in which every word used in the examples is translated, and the pronunciation is given in English characters. -- 2. ed. -- Bangalore : Wesleyan Mission Press, 1864. -- 128 p. ; 23 cm.

First time published here: 2011-08-27

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This text is part of the section Sanskrit und Indien  of Tüpfli's Global Village Library

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Appendix: Ordinal Numbers, &c.

342. Ordinal numbers. The ordinal numbers are formed by adding the suffix ಆನೇ anē, to the Cardinal numbers.

ಒಂದನೇ oṃdanē ಮೊದಲನೇ modalanē	೧ನೇ  1st.
ಎರಡನೇ eraḍanē	೨ನೇ 2nd.
ಮೂರನೇ mūranē	೩ನೇ 3rd.
ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ nālkanē	೪ನೇ 4th.
&c. &c.

343. Multiplicative numbers are formed by adding to the cardinal numbers

• ಅಷ್ಟು aṣṭu, so much
• ಮಡಿ maḍi, fold
• ಪಾಲು pālu, part
• &c.

as,

• ಎರಡಷ್ಟು eraḍaṣṭu, Twice as much.
• ಇಮ್ಮಡಿ immaḍi, Twofold, double.
• ಮೂರು ಪಾಲು mūru pālu, Three parts.
• &c. &c.

344. Repetition is expressed by adding

• ಆವರ್ತಿ āvarti
• ಬಾರಿ bāri
• ಸಾರಿ sāri
• ಸರ್ತಿ sarti
• ಸರದಿ saradi
• ಸಲ sala
• ವಂತಿಗೆ vaṃtige (dative case of ಒಂತು oṃtu)

all signifying time, turn, rotation: as,

• ಮೂರಾವರ್ತಿ mūrāvarti, Three times.
• ನಾಲ್ಕು ಬಾರಿ nālku bāri, four times.
• &c. &c.

345. The principal fractions with their signs are

1/16	ವೀಸ vīsa
1/8	ಬೇಳೆ bēḷe
¼	ಕಾಲು kālu
½	ಅರೆ are
¾	ಮುಕ್ಕಾಲು mukkālu

To 43. Names of the Years in the Hindu Cycle (§ 346)