Contionary:pāmvi

Chlouvānem

Etymology

From Proto-Lahob *pāmwəj (three). Cognates include Łohofál feng, Yełeshian Lawo kpem̃, Shershan Lawo kpam̃, Łaȟoḇaror päng. Ultimately from the same root as pamuvis "finger".

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA: [päːmʋi]

(Līlasuṃghāṇi) IPA: [päːmʋi]

Numeral

pāmvi (cardinal numeral; ordinal pāmvende, collective pāmvyatām, distributive pāmvihaicē, adverbial māmpāmvi, multiplicative pāmvirvīm, fractionary pāmvendvāṭ)

1. three

   dvārma pamvyå phēcęs virā.

   In the room there are three cats.

Inflection

Numeral, i-paradigm
Case	Plural
Direct Vocative	pāmvi
Accusative	pāmvyu
Ergative	pāmvyes
Genitive	pāmvi
Translative	pāmvin
Exessive	pāmvit
Essive	pāmvyą
Dative	pāmvyå
Ablative	pāmvyų
Locative	pāmvye
Instrumental	pāmvip

Derived terms

• pāmvyas (three (reified numeral))
• pāmvyāmis (trio)

Related terms

• dani (two)
• nęlte (four)