There are several sets of numerals in Oroha, used in different situations.
|
| Counting
| Quantifier
| Ordinal
|
1
| 'eta
| ta'ai / tata'a
| 'etana
|
2
| rua
| rua
| ruana
|
3
| 'ooru
| 'ooru
| 'ooruna
|
4
| hai
| hai
| haina
|
5
| nima
| nima
| nimana
|
6
| 'oono
| 'oono
| 'oonona
|
7
| hiu
| hiu
| hiuna
|
8
| waru
| waru
| waruna
|
9
| siwa
| siwa
| siwana
|
10
| tanaharu
| 'awarai
| tanaharu'ana
|
The Counting set is used when simply counting from 1-10.
The Quantifier set is used with a following noun, to describe how many of that noun there are. For instance:
| Nau horia ta'ai / tata'a poo.
|
| I bought one pig.
|
| Nau horia rua poo.
|
| I bought two pigs.
|
| Nau horia 'ooru poo.
|
| I bought three pigs.
|
| Nau horia hai poo.
|
| I bought four pigs.
|
| Nau horia nima poo.
|
| I bought five pigs.
|
| Nau horia 'oono poo.
|
| I bought six pigs.
|
| Nau horia hiu poo.
|
| I bought seven pigs.
|
| Nau horia waru poo.
|
| I bought eight pigs.
|
| Nau horia siwa poo.
|
| I bought nine pigs.
|
| Nau horia 'awarai poo.
|
| I bought ten pigs.
|
The Ordinal set is used to describe how items or actions are ordered.
Beyond this, there are also special sets of numbers, such as those used in counting by twos:
2 -- 'etana'erua literally 'eta na 'e rua -- 1 becomes 2
4 -- 'ooruna'ehai literally 'ooru na 'e hai -- 3 becomes 4
6 -- 'oonona'ehiu literally nima na 'e 'oono -- 5 becomes 6
8 -- hiuna'ewaru literally hiu na 'e waru -- 7 becomes 8
10 - siwana'e'ahuta literally siwa na 'e 'ahuta -- 9 becomes 10
