tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 18 22:49:46 1997
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Re: latlh Hov vISuch
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- Subject: Re: latlh Hov vISuch
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 01:49:11 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 97-09-11 13:08:29 EDT, ter'eS writes:
<< That is, 22,000 has to be {cha'netlh cha'SaD} and not *{cha'maH cha'SaD}.
So, I wrote {wejmaH wa''uy'} above, but I don't mean "31 million" but "30
counts
of one million", i.e., "30 million". Any ideas? >>
In Chinese the numbering system ends at "wan" meaning 10,000. Then, we say
shi-wan (10 x 10,000) to mean 100,000; then bai-wan (100 x 10,000) to say
1,000,000; then qian-wan (1,000 x 10,000) to say 10,000,000; then wan-wan
(10,000 x 10,000) to not only mean 100,000,000 but any number large enough to
be termed "zillion".
peHruS