Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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nuwibi
/nuibi/
num.
“nine”
 
num.
nine
Wrd.Gloss: nine
Siyam ney langun ne me taltalahari.
We are all nine brothers.
Gramm. Borrowed from Spanish via Cebuano, but in very common use, e.g., in domains such as money and telling the time.
Syn. siyam
Syn. siyew
Eng. 09 (Spanish); nine (Spanish)
OCM: Numeration (802)
DDP: Cardinal numbers (8.1.1.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: B

Updated by: RJH,AAA,NJK
Last updated: 07/Jul/2009

Links to texts

"nuwibi" in text "Where I Went to School"

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"nuwibi" in text "Uras"

"nuwibi" in text "Pegseel"

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