itchaksrat

Inupiaq

Inupiaq cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : itchaksrat

Etymology

itchaksraq + -t

Numeral

itchaksrat

  1. six

Usage notes

The irregular numeral itchaksraq 'six' does not combine multiplicatively to form higher numbers. For example, 100 is tallimakipiaq 'five score', but 120 is tallimakipiaq iñuiññaq 'five score twenty', not *'six score'. (It is however used additively, as in iñuiññaq itchaksrat '26'.)

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