kuarenta

See also: kuårenta

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish quaraenta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥(d)ḱomt (“four-ten”).

Numeral

kuarenta (Hebrew spelling קוארינטה)[1]

  1. forty (40)
    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎[1], page 94:
      Akel tiempo la skarlatina era una malatia muy perikoloza, i se pensava ke el malo kalia izolado por kuarenta dias.
      [At] that time scarlet fever was a pretty dangerous illness, and one thought that the afflicted had to be isolated for forty days.

Derived terms

  • kuarentear
  • kuarentena
  • kuarentén

References

  1. ^ “kuarenta”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese quarenta and Spanish cuarenta and Kabuverdianu korenta.

Numeral

kuarenta

  1. forty (40)
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