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Distributive numerals (in the neuter plural, except for "one") are those used in spoken multiplication, e.g. ''lis liséhá pitór séti'' "two times two equals four" (lit.: twice (adverbial) two (distributive neuter pl.) are four (cardinal neuter)). | Distributive numerals (in the neuter plural, except for "one") are those used in spoken multiplication, e.g. ''lis liséhá pitór séti'' "two times two equals four" (lit.: twice (adverbial) two (distributive neuter pl.) are four (cardinal neuter)). | ||
The related relational adjectives in ''-ónwás'' denote something "of X units", "consisting of X of something", e.g. ''hars hesyarírónwás'' "a village inhabited by 1000 people"; ''pulukam teréhónwátat'' "a three-part flag (a triband)"; ''elot pembírónwás'' "a group of five people, quintet". | |||
====Collective numerals==== | ====Collective numerals==== | ||