Contionary:dani

Chlouvānem

Etymology

From Proto-Lahob *doni (two). Cognates include Łohofál doy, Yełeshian Lawo dun, Shershan Lawo dōn, Łaȟoḇaror don.

Pronunciation

(Chlouvānem) IPA: [däni]

Numeral

dani (cardinal numeral; ordinal hælinaika, collective daniatām, distributive danihaicē, adverbial māgdani, multiplicative danirvīm, fractionary hælinaivāṭ)

1. two

   emibe phēcam mæn eṇē ānotē, dani ni švotāhai.

   One cat is lying on the table; two [other cats] lie under [it].

Inflection

Numeral, i-paradigm
Case	Dual
Direct Vocative	dani
Accusative	danyu
Ergative	danyes
Genitive	dani
Translative	danin
Exessive	danit
Essive	danyą
Dative	danyå
Ablative	danyų
Locative	danye
Instrumental	danip

Usage notes

The word dani may be followed by either a singular noun or a dual noun; the dual noun alone may replace dani completely, though the dani + dual form is used for emphasis.
It is one of only two Chlouvānem words (the other one being its following numeral, pāmvi) to have the genitive form identical to the direct.

Derived terms

• danyas (two (reified numeral))
• danyāmis (duo)
• danyāmita (half)

Related terms

• hælinaika (second)
• emibe (one)
• pāmvi (three)