one, two, three, four etc up to ten

16:18 Aug 25, 2000
English to Basque translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: one, two, three, four etc up to ten
researching shepherds' counting systems. "zeendi" is "one" in Scottish system. Etymology of word? Non-IndoEuropean? Not Old Welsh?
robbie robertson


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nabat, bi, hiru, lau, bost / bortz, sei, zazpi, zortzi, bederatzi, hamar
Xabier Armendaritz


  

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2 days 13 hrs
bat, bi, hiru, lau, bost / bortz, sei, zazpi, zortzi, bederatzi, hamar


Explanation:
I know several Basque shepherds, and have just also another colleagues about this. As far as we know, there is not any special shepherds' counting system in Basque, they just use the general Basque counting system.

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Xabier Armendaritz
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