Form. | ||
Saisiyat | pizaʔ | how many? |
Atayal | piraʔ | several, several times; how many, how many times, how long a time; only |
Seediq | mn-pia | how many times? |
m-pia | which time? | |
pia | how much? how many? | |
Thao | makim-piza | have several of something |
piza | how much? how many?; several | |
makit-piza | do something several times | |
la-piza | how much? how many? | |
mu-piza | do how many times? | |
sh<m>i-piza | how many?, how long has it been? | |
mim-piza | be several; take several | |
Bunun | pia | how much? how many? |
Bunun (Isbukun) | pia | how much? how many? |
Bunun | piah | how much? how many? |
Amis | pina | how many?; several |
Paiwan | ma-pida | how many persons? |
pida | how much? how many? | |
Bunun (Takituduh) | piah | how much? how many? |
WMP | ||
Yami | pira | how many? how much? |
Itbayaten | pirah | how many? |
pa-pirah | how many (in units or number, not in time) | |
Ibatan | pira | how much? how many? |
Isneg | pixá | how many? how much? |
Agta (Central Cagayan) | pigə | how many? |
Kalinga (Guinaang) | pigá | how many? |
Kalinga | pigá | how many? |
Ibaloy | piga | how many? how much? |
memin-piga | to do something how many times? | |
Isinay | pya | how much? how many? |
Pangasinan | kuma-pigá | which in order? |
pigá-ra | how many? so many | |
pigá | how much? | |
Chamorro | fiʔa | how many? |
Hanunóo | tig-pirá | how much? (in asking a price) |
pirá | how many?; some, several (objects) | |
Romblomanon | pila | how many (people)?, how much (substance)?; several (actions, people, situations, things) |
Masbatenyo | pi-pirá-pirá | how much is each? how few? how scarce? |
pirá | how much? how many? | |
tag-pirá | how much is each? | |
ma-mirá | what is the price? | |
Tboli | hilu | how many? how much? |
le hilu he | an expression meaning ‘It isn’t that much, a little is enough’ | |
Aklanon | pilá | how much? |
piláŋ ka | some, a few | |
Waray-Waray | pirá | how much? how many? |
Hiligaynon | pilá | how much? how many? |
Palawan Batak | pira | how many? |
Mamanwa | piráh | how many? |
Cebuano | pilá | how much?, how many?; to what extent? |
pilá-hay | only recently, not so long ago | |
tag-pilá | how much apiece? | |
Binukid | tag-pila | to cost how much for (something)? |
pila | how many?, how much?, to what extent? | |
Maranao | pira | how much? how many? |
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) | pira | how many? how much? |
ne-piraʔ-an | a few days | |
Kalagan | pila | how much? how many? |
Mansaka | píla | how much? how many? |
Yakan | piye | how many? (days, etc.), how much? (money, etc.) |
Blaan | filɨ | how many? |
Bilaan (Sarangani) | filɨ | how many? |
Kadazan Dusun | pio | how many? |
Ida'an Begak | piro | how many? |
Supan | piro | how much? how many? |
Tausug | pila | how much? how many? |
Sangir | pira-m-bua | how many pieces? |
pira | how much? how many? | |
Simalur | ixa-o | how many? (things) |
da-ixa | how many people? | |
Toba Batak | piga | how much? how many? |
ndaŋ piga | not many, few | |
pa-piga-hon | the which? (in quantitative sequence) | |
Karo Batak | labo piga | not many |
piga | how much? how many? | |
pe-piga-ken | the which? (in quantitative sequence) | |
Maloh | insa | how much/many? |
Tontemboan | ma-pira | reduce in amount |
pira | how much?, how many?; not much, a little | |
Mentawai | piga | how much? how many? |
Ngaju Dayak | piræ | how many? |
Tae' | pira | how much? how many? |
pira-ŋ-boŋiʔ | previously, earlier | |
Mandar | pira | some, several; how much?, how many? |
Makassarese | pira-ŋ | how much?, how many? (in combination forms) |
Lampung | pixa | how much? how many? |
Old Javanese | kadi pira | how could it be? how is it possible that? |
pira ~ piraŋ | how much?; a certain number (an indefinite measure) of, some, several | |
Javanese | pira | how many?, what amount? (Ngoko |
Balinese | pira | too, very, too much |
Sasak | pira | how much? how many? |
Malagasy | firi | how many?, how often? |
firi-na | to be divided into how many? | |
Bikol | pirá | how many?, how much?; a little more and... (some consequence will follow); except for, excluding |
CMP | ||
Soboyo | hila | how much? how many? |
Nuaulu | ina | how much? how many? |
Boano₂ | ina | how much? how many? |
Alune | ila | how much? how many? |
Tifu | pila | how much? how many? |
Buruese | pila | how many? how much? |
Seit | ila | how much? how many? |
Laha | ila | how much? how many? |
Dobel | ʔa-yira | how many? |
Fordata | fa-fira | how often? |
i-fira | how much? how many? | |
Manggarai | pisa | how much?, how many?; some, several |
Tetun (Dili) | hira | how much? how many? |
Komodo | pira | how many? |
Sika | pira | how much? how many? |
Ngadha | piza | how much? how many? |
Tetun | foli-n hira | what cost? |
hira | how much? how many? | |
hira | how much? how many? | |
Kambera | pira | how much? how many? |
Hawu | pəri | how much? how many? |
Wetan | wo-ira | how many? how much? |
SHWNG | ||
Buli | fis | how much? how many? |
fai-fis | how many times? | |
ma-fis | how long? | |
fapi-fis | several, a few | |
Kowiai/Koiwai | fis | how much? how many? |
OC | ||
Hawaiian | -hia | how many? how much? |
Woleaian | fita- | |
Puluwat | fite | how many? (more than ten) |
fite-fay | how many? (round objects) | |
fite-ray | how many? (animate) | |
Chuukese | fita- | how many? (used with suffixed counting classifiers) |
fite- | how many? (nonspecific or general class of things --- especially if the expected number is more than a few but less than hundreds) | |
Nukuoro | hia | how many? |
Kapingamarangi | hia | much, many (question) |
Seimat | hil | how many? |
Sursurunga | a-is | how many? |
Manam | ira | how many? how much? |
Label | isa | how many? |
ha-na-isa | how often? | |
Kove | pira | how much? how many? |
Lakalai | tau riva | how many men? |
-riva | how many? how much? | |
Toqabaqita | fita-na | ordinal form of : how many times? |
fita | how many? how much? | |
Lau | fita | how many? |
Tuvaluan | fia | how many? |
toko-fia | how many? (of humans) | |
Kilivila | vila | how many? |
Kwaio | fita | how many? how much? |
'Āre'āre | hita | how much? how many? |
hita roʔua | how often?, how many times? | |
hita ʔāre | how many? (of things and persons) | |
Dobuan | ʔe-isa | how many? |
Motu | hida | how many? |
Hula | vira | how much? how many? |
Bunama | hisa | some; how many? |
ʔe-hisa | how many? | |
Wedau | bia-ŋa | how many? |
Keapara | vira | how much? how many? |
Pileni | e-hia | how much? how many? |
Magori | vika | how much? how many? |
Arosi | siha | how many? |
siha-na | how many?, what number so far? | |
Anuta | ku pia | how many was it? |
e pia | how many is it? | |
e toko pia | how many people? | |
e mata pia | how many tens of fish? | |
Rennellese | hia | how many? how much? |
Mota | visa | how many? so many |
Samoan | fia | be how many?; be how much?; (obsolete) three (occurs in ceremonial titles) |
Futunan | fia | how much? how many? |
Lakona | ni-veh | how many? |
Central Maewo | βisa | how many? |
Lametin | mo-vsa | how many? |
Malmariv | mo-visa | how many? |
Amblong | mo-viza | how much? how many? |
Raga | xai-fiha | how many? |
Araki | mo visa | how many? |
Rano | e-vis | how many? |
Lingarak | i-vis | how much? how many? |
Paamese | e-his | how many? |
e-his | how many?; however many; an unknown number; how much? what price? what time? | |
Axamb | ŋa-vis | how much? how many? |
Bonkovia | via | how much? how many? |
Makatea | e-fia | how many? |
Wayan | vica | how many?, how much?; be a small number or amount: a few, a bit |
Fijian | vica | interrogative numeral, how many?, and indefinite, so many, as in ‘a certain number of days’ (unspecified) |
vica-saŋavulu | how many tens? | |
e vica wale ŋā | just a few | |
Niue | fiha | how many?; (fig.) a few |
Tongan | fiha | how many? how much? |
fiha-ŋofulu | how many tens? | |
Rapanui | e-hia | how much? how many? |
Maori | hia ~ whia | interrogative numeral: how many?; an indefinite numeral: several (three, more or less) |
Filakara | fia | how many? |
Tolai | ai-via | how many?, how much?, how often?, how many at a time?, how many times? |
Peterara | visa | how much? how many? |
Wuvulu | fixa | how many? |
Toak | va-his | how many? |
WMP | ||
Cebuano | ka-pilá | how many times? |
Binukid | ka-pila | how many times? |
Kadazan Dusun | pii-pio | few, some |
ko-pio | which?, what? | |
Sangir | ka-pira-ne | the which (in number)? |
Ngaju Dayak | ka-piræ | how many days? |
Malagasy | ha-firi-ana | how many days? |
Form. | ||
Thao | pa-piza | how many? (of people) |
Amis | pa-pina | how many? (of people) |
WMP | ||
Chamorro | fa-fiʔa | how many? (of living things) |
Proto-Bungku-Tolaki | po-pia | how many? (independent numeral) |
This prefixed form clearly parallels the use of Ca- reduplication in the formation of numerals with human referents, although it is unclear whether all forms that appear to be traceable to *pa-pija have the same history (e.g. Fordata fa-fira ‘how often?’, or even the Proto-Bungku-Tolaki form cited above).
Form. | ||
Amis | pa-pina-pina | several (people) |
WMP | ||
Sangir | pira-pira | some; several |
Karo Batak | piga-piga | some; several |
Tontemboan | pira-pira | some; several |
Ngaju Dayak | piræ-piræ | as much as, as many as |
Tae' | pira-pira-ka | as many as there are |
Old Javanese | pira-pira ~ piraŋ-piraŋ | quite a few, many |
Javanese | pira-pira | no matter how much/many |
Sasak | pira-pira | some; several |
CMP | ||
Sika | pira-pira | so much, as much |
Ngadha | piza piza | some; several |
Wetan | wo-ira wo-ira | some; several |