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==Numerals== | ==Numerals== | ||
Numbers are of base 6 (six) which is the sacred number of Grundet's fantasy universe. The use of finger calculation must also have given rise to this system and can be seen in the numeral names | Numbers are of base 6 (six) which is the sacred number of Grundet's fantasy universe. The use of finger calculation must also have given rise to this system and can clearly be seen in the numeral names: 'öpa' = 'zero', 'öpam' = 'fist' and 'sapa' = 'five', 'sapam' = 'hand', 'waot' = 'six' and 'wao' = 'new'. | ||
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* Numbers after that are formed by adding the smaller after the larger: 'kramwaotkram' = 'twenty-one'. | * Numbers after that are formed by adding the smaller after the larger: 'kramwaotkram' = 'twenty-one'. | ||
* Most full sixes are formed by adding the multiplier before the six: 'aktawaot' = (four times six) 'twenty-four' | * Most full sixes are formed by adding the multiplier before the six: 'aktawaot' = (four times six) 'twenty-four' | ||
* Special numbers: 'sawek' = 'thirty', 'wawat' = 'thirty-six', 'noswek' = 'sixty', 'wahok' = '120', 'nehok' = '240', 'krahok' = '360', 'waotkinoh' = (six squared) 1296 and 'waotkikram' = (six cubed) '46656' last of which are rare. | * Special numbers: 'sawek' = 'thirty', 'wawat' = 'thirty-six', 'noswek' = 'sixty', 'wahok' = '120', 'nehok' = '240', 'krahok' = '360', 'waotkinoh' = (thirty-six squared) 1296 and 'waotkikram' = (thirty-six cubed) '46656' last of which are rare. | ||
Example: 'nohwawat.aktawaot.akta' = 'one hundred' | |||
'''Ordinal numbers''': '1st' = 'wahhi', '2nd' = 'nohhi', '3rd' = 'kramet', '4th' = 'aktaet'... (continues by adding '-et' suffix) | '''Ordinal numbers''': '1st' = 'wahhi', '2nd' = 'nohhi', '3rd' = 'kramet', '4th' = 'aktaet'... (continues by adding '-et' suffix) | ||