ꞌahuru

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian ʻahuru.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ˈhu.ɾu/
  • Hyphenation: 'a‧hu‧ru

Noun

ꞌahuru

  1. ten, tenfold

Usage notes
  • 'Ahuru can't be used on its own as a numeral, it has to be preceded by another number:
    Hoꞌe ꞌahuru. ― Ten (literally, “One ten.”)

References
  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 171
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 148
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