Fijian/Numerals

Cardinals dua - one rua - two tolu - three va - four lima - five ono - six vitu - seven walu - eight ciwa - nine tini - ten For digits 11 - 19, you take tini, add ka, and cycle through 1 - 9. tini ka dua - eleven tini ka rua - twelve tini ka tolu - thirteen tini ka va - fourteen tini ka lima - fifteen tini ka ono - sixteen tini ka vitu - seventeen tini ka walu - eighteen tini ka ciwa - nineteen The numbers 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 are formed by taking a single digit number, and adding sagavulu to them, which was the usual word for ten in olden times. ruasagavulu - twenty tolusagavulu - thirty vasagavulu - forty limasagavulu - fifty onosagavulu - sixty vitusagavulu - seventy walusagavulu - eighty ciwasagavulu - ninety If you wanted to say a number such as 22 or 58, you would take ruasagavulu, tolusagavulu, etc, add ka, and then cycle through 1 - 9, just like you did for 11 - 19. So 22 would be ruasagavulu ka rua and 58 would be limasagavulu ka walu. Ordinals I'adua - first I'arua - second I'atolu - thirth I'avā - fourth I'alima - fifth I'aono - sixth I'avitu - seventh I'awalu - eighth I'aciwa - ninth I'atini - tenth