The ordinals are formed by employing the particles “ica” (which bears the idea of order), placed before the cardinal. As
- ica usá,
- ica napulò
- ica calim’an
- ica upat ca gatós
- ica siyam ca yucót
- icá pito ca ribo.
The ordinal of usa has also simple forms, as siyahan, siyapá, and frequently admits the particle icag instead of ica, as icag usá.
The partitives have exactly the same form, as the ordinals, except in that the ordinals cag usa, siyahan and siyapá are never used as partitives; and that there is the form tung̃â and its variants catung̃â, tung̃â or catung̃â hin or ng̃a (half), employed instead of icaduhà.
The phrase ca bahín (part) is frequently used in the partitives to avoid confusion. Thus [[38]]
| an icaupát ca bahín | (the fourth part) |
The particle ica is sometimes contracted into caas “catung̃a” (half), “cauróg” (most).
The distributives are formed by adding to the cardinals the particle tag (which conveys the idea of distribution). As
| tag dúha | (two, each) |
| tag caualóan | (eighty, each) |
| tag yúcot | (thousand, each) |
When the distributive bears the meaning of portion, the particle iquina is combined with tag. As