1. Distributive Numerals are formed with the suffix -no.
NOTE. These answer to the interrogative qoteni?, how many of each? or how many at a time?
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1: semni, one by one |
20: wikmtni |
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2: dwini, two by two |
21: wikmtni semniqe, etc. |
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3: trini, three by three |
30: trikomtni |
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4: qturni |
40: qetwrkomtni |
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5: pnqeni |
50: penqekomtni |
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6: sek(s)ni |
60: sekskomtni |
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7: septmni |
70: septmkomtni |
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8: oktoni |
80: oktokomtni |
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9: newnni |
90: newnkomtni |
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10: dekmni |
100: kmtomni |
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11: semni dekmni |
200: dukmtomni |
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12: dwini dekmni |
1.000: tusntini |
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13: trini dekmni |
2.000: dwini tusntini |
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14: qturni dekmni, etc. |
10.000: dekmni tusntini |
NOTE. The word for one by one can also be semgolo, one, individual, separate, taken from Latin singuli, which uses the IE suffix -go-, and which gives words in English such as single and singular.
2. Distributives are used mainly in the sense of so many apiece or on each side, and also in multiplications.