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In the below table, like the rest of this article, animacy concord is used (with 9/10 for inanimate). Class 7/8 forms are also given in order to demonstrate the effects of sandhi, particularly in the forms for "two". Note that 10 and higher numbers do not take concord prefixes.
In the below table, like the rest of this article, animacy concord is used (with 9/10 for inanimate). Class 7/8 forms are also given in order to demonstrate the effects of sandhi, particularly in the forms for "two". Note that 10 and higher numbers do not take concord prefixes.


Ordinal numbers are formed with the relativizing particle ''a-'' and therefore are actually possessives. For example, ''amù'' "first" literally means "of one".
Ordinal numbers are formed with the relativizing particle ''a-'' and therefore are actually possessives. For example, አቁም ''aqúm'' "tenth" literally means "of ten". አጓዝ ''agwáz'' "first" literally means "of the beginning" (from ጓዝ ''gwaz'' "beginning; to begin", root: ''-az-'').
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! 1
! 1
| መሲ mä́si || ሙ mú || ምሙ mïmú || ሙ mú || ሽሙ shïmú || አሙ amú || የሙ yämú || ዋሙ wamú <!-- mAsi were low -->
| መሲ mä́si || ሙ mú || ምሙ mïmú || ሙ mú || ሽሙ shïmú || አጓዝ agwáz || የጓዝ yägwáz || ዋጓዝ wagwáz <!-- mAsi were low -->
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! 2
! 2
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