Vocabulary: Counting
Base counting words
Counting flat things
Counting groups/bunches
Counting long things
Counting people
Counting pieces
Counting round things
Counting time
Counting the uncountable

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Counting groups by Isauro Andrew
Koror, Palau, July-August 2006.
Use for counting groups of people or things.
Use for counting leaf of coconut palm or similar frond.

Tobian Audio English Contributed Comments/Examples/Sources
sapa Isauro one Isauro Andrew Sapo sora: one dollar. Sisma Andrew 2006.
huhapa Isauro two Isauro Andrew  
sorupa Isauro three Isauro Andrew  
fapa Isauro four Isauro Andrew  
rimapa Isauro five Isauro Andrew  
woropa Isauro six Isauro Andrew  
fisipa Isauro seven Isauro Andrew  
waripa Isauro eight Isauro Andrew  
tiwopa Isauro nine Isauro Andrew  
seiheitihapa Isauro ten Isauro Andrew  
seih ma sapa Isauro eleven Isauro Andrew Eleven is seih plus one—hence, seih ma sapa
seih ma huhapa   twelve Isauro Andrew seih plus two—hence, seih ma huhapa

Updated: November 1, 2007