Numbers in Tausūg (Bahasa Sūg /بَهَسَ سُوگ)

Information about counting in Tausūg, a Philippine language spoken in parts of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	zero
1	isa ), hambuuk *)	muna, hikaisa
2	duwa	hikadua
3	tū, tuw	hikatū
4	upat	hika’upat
5	lima	hikalima
6	unum	hika’unum
7	pitu	hikapitu
8	walu	hikawalu
9	siyam	hikasiyam
10	hangpu’ ***)	hikahangpu’
11	hangpu’ tag’isa (10+ 1) ****)	hikahangpu’ tag’isa
12	hangpu’ tagduwa (10 + 2) etc.	hikahangpu’ tagduwa
13	hangpu’ tagtū	hikahangpu’ tagtū
14	hangpu’ tag’upat	hikahangpu’ tag’upat
15	hangpu’ taglima	hikahangpu’ taglima
16	hangpu’ tag’unum	hikahangpu’ tag’unum
17	hangpu’ tagpitu	hikahangpu’ tagpitu
18	hangpu’ tagwalu	hikahangpu’ tagwalu
19	hangpu’ tagsiyam	hikahangpu’ tagsiyam
20	kawhaan, kawaan *****)	hikakawhaan
21	kawhaan tag’isa	hikakawhaan tag’isa
22	kawhaan tagduwa	hikakawhaan tagduwa
30	katluan	hikakatluan
40	ka’patan	hikaka’patan
50	kay’man	hikakay’man
60	ka’numan	hikaka’numan
70	kapituwan	hikakapituwan
77	kapituwan tagpitu	hikakapituwan tagpitu
80	kawaluwan	hikakawaluwan
90	kasiyáman	hikakasiyaman
100	hanggatus	hikahanggatus
139	hanggatus katluan tagsiyam	hikahanggatus katluan tagsiyam
200	duwanggatus	hikaduwanggatus
300	tūnggatus, tuwnggatus	hikatūnggatus
400	upat ngagatus	hika’upat ngagatus
500	limanggatus	hikalimanggatus
574	limanggatus kapituwan tagupat	hikalimanggatus kapituwan tagupat
600	unum gatus	hikaunum gatus
700	pitunggatus	hikapitunggatus
800	walunggatus	hikawalunggatus
900	siyam ngagatus	hikasiyam ngagatus
1,000	hangibu	hikahangibu
1,282	hangibu tagduwang gatus tagkawaluwan tagduwa	hikahangibu tagduwang gatus tagkawaluwan tagduwa
2,000	duwa ngaibu	hikaduwa ngaibu
2,139	duwa ngaibu hanggatus katluan tagsiyam	hikaduwa ngaibu hanggatus katluan tagsiyam
3,000	tū ngaibu, tuw ngaibu,	hikatū ngaibu
4,000	upat ngaibu	hika’upat ngaibu
5,000	lima ngaibu	hikalima ngaibu
6,000	unum ngaibu	hika’unum ngaibu
7,000	pitu ngaibu	hikapitu ngaibu
8,000	walu ngaibu	hikawalu ngaibu
9,000	siyam ngaibu	hikasiyam ngaibu
10,000	hangpu’ ngaibu, laksa, salaksa
20,000	kawhaan ngaibu, duwa laksa
50,000	kay’man ngaibu, lima laksa
76,385	kapituwan tagunum ngaibu tūnggatus kawaluwan taglima
100,000	hanggatus ngaibu, hangpu’ laksa
1,000,000	milyun
7,000,000	pitu milyun

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

Notes

*) isa is used only in counting; ranking numbers (hika-isa, “first”) and sometimes occurrences or condition (isa-isa, “alone).
**) hambuuk is used when referring to the number or quantity of a subject (hambuuk da, “only one”); in occurrences (nakahambuuk, “once”); and also in telling time (lisag hambuuk, “one o’clock”)
***) The number 10 is formed by hang ‘one’ and pu ‘group of ten’. ‘One hundred’ (gatus), ‘one thousand’ (ibu), and ‘ten thousand’ (laksa) are formed in the same manner. The word hang seems to have originated from the word isa and the linker nga.
****) The numbers 11-19 (as well as 21-29, 31-39, etc.) are formed by adding the prefix tag- (meaning ‘and’) to the numbers from one to nine.
****) The circumfix ka…an is affixed to the numbers from two to nine to form the numbers 20 to 90. Note that some phonological changes also take place with this circumfix.

Sources:

Dr. Hamsali S. Jawali:Ta'u-Sug- English Dictionary. Manila, 2006.
Christopher Allen Sundita:In Bahasa Sug. An Introduction to Tausūg. Naga City, 2002.
C. R. Cameron:Sulu Writing. An Explanation of the Sulu-Arabic Script as Employed in Writing the Sulu Language of the Southern Philippines. Zamboanga, 1917.

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