--- In phoNet@y..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@i...> wrote:> I've
checked the form of Iranian numerals. They are unproblematic. Proto-
Iranian *nava [nawa] changed regularly into Avestan nauua [nawa],
Khotanese nau [sic!], Sogdian nw' [nawa], etc.
'nau' in Khotanese? How come, the form, 'nyoh' is mentioned and
elaborated upon elsewhere, e.g. Belvalkar's article cited in Turner's
CDIAL?
I forgot to mention about the Austro-asiatic tom, 'nine' and the
reflexes in Kannada. In Kannada, om-battu = nine [i.e. one deficient
ten]; but, tom-battu = ninety [nine times ten]; cf. Tamil pattu =
ten; Kannada hattu = ten; Telugu padi = ten.
Austro-asiatic thus shows two terms for nine: <are>, <tom> Possibly,
<lo> if the Santali synonym is and old reckoning.