Indefinite
Indefinite numbers are formed by prefixing sumag- and CV reduplication of the first syllable of the cardinal form. In addition, to the cardinal numbers, sumag- can be used with the interrogative mano How much/many?.
| Cardinal | Indefinite | Gloss |
|---|---|---|
| dua | sumagdudua | about two |
| tallo | sumaggatlo | about three |
| uppat | sumagpapat | about four |
| mano | sumagmamano | about how much/many |
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Famous quotes containing the word indefinite:
“Every word we speak is million-faced or convertible to an indefinite number of applications. If it were not so we could read no book. Your remark would only fit your case, not mine.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“For me chemistry represented an indefinite cloud of future potentialities which enveloped my life to come in black volutes torn by fiery flashes, like those which had hidden Mount Sinai. Like Moses, from that cloud I expected my law, the principle of order in me, around me, and in the world.... I would watch the buds swell in spring, the mica glint in the granite, my own hands, and I would say to myself: “I will understand this, too, I will understand everything.””
—Primo Levi (1919–1987)
“There is a line between a definite maybe and an indefinite yes.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)