ngahuru mano

Maori

Etymology

ngahuru (“ten”) +‎ mano (“thousand”). See also Tahitian manotini “twenty thousand”;[1] Tongan mano and Samoan mano “ibid.”[2]

Numeral

ngahuru mano

  1. ten thousand
    Synonyms: tini, tekau mano

References

  1. ^ Lemaitre, Yves (1985) “Les systèmes de numération en Polynésie orientale”, in Journal de la Société des Océanistes‎[1], volume 80, pages 3-13
  2. ^ Overmann, Karenleigh A. (June 2021) “Counting by “elevens” and why nine and two make twenty: The material roots of Polynesian numbers”, in Journal of Mathematics and Culture‎[2], volume 15, number 3, pages 1-32
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