Legend: Definitions, Terms, <Text>, [IPA], -Tags-, and "Glosses".
Glosses marked with an asterisk * are analogous (but not the same duration). Glosses in quotes are provided only for convenient labeling.
| Gloss | Name | # | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| second | mezhe | - | - |
| "minute" | takle | 90 | mezha |
| "hour" | yoore | 50 | takla |
| day* | nike | 20 | yoora |
| "week" | boide | 9 | nika |
| season* | sunne | 10 | boida |
| year* | valde | 4 | sunna |
| century* | valdotke | 100 | valda |
Instead of using ordinal numbers, units are numbered starting from 0, with the number taking the combining final -au and preceding the unit type, e.g. pukhau valdai "in the 1st year (year 0)". Dates and times are always given from largest unit to smallest. The genitive case is used to join the units and the locative case is used when the units are adverbial.
The days of the "week" have short names. The 10th day (day 9) is used only in the last "week" of certain years (similar to leap year).
| Gloss | # | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1st day | 0 | pukhnik· |
| 2nd day | 1 | yaanik· |
| 3rd day | 2 | soinik· |
| 4th day | 3 | duznik· |
| 5th day | 4 | nannik· |
| 6th day | 5 | reenik· |
| 7th day | 6 | shilnik· |
| 8th day | 7 | thernik· |
| 9th day | 8 | vinnik· |
| leap day | 9 | khoonik· |
The year begins with the vernal equinox. The names of the seasons given in the following table are used instead of number names:
| Gloss | # | Name |
|---|---|---|
| spring | 0 | nilb· |
| summer | 1 | laath· |
| autumn | 2 | sokhn· |
| winter | 3 | ku't· |
Noon is the start of hour 5 and midnight is the start of hour 15. Daytime (set·) is roughly hours 00 through 09 and night (kuth·) is roughly hours 10 through 19.
| # | Daytime | # | Night |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | setpukh· | 10 | kuthpukh· |
| 1 | sedyav· | 11 | kuuyav· |
| 2 | setsoy· | 12 | kuthsoy· |
| 3 | sedduz· | 13 | kuuduz· |
| 4 | setnan· | 14 | kuthnan· |
| 5 | setrey· | 15 | kuthrey· |
| 6 | setchil· | 16 | kuthshil· |
| 7 | setther· | 17 | kuthther· |
| 8 | sedvim· | 18 | kuuvim· |
| 9 | setkhov· | 19 | kuthkhov· |
The following table lists some other temporal words:
| Gloss | Word | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| last | dor· | used with time units |
| now, this | in· | |
| next | vel· | |
| daytime | set· | |
| night | kuth· | |
| yesterday | dornik· | |
| today | innik· | |
| tomorrow | velnik· | |
| last night | dorkuth· | |
| tonight | inkuth· | |
| tomorrow night | velkuth· | |
| daytime yesterday | dorset· | |
| daytime today | inset· | |
| daytime tomorrow | velset· |
page started: 2017.Jan.09 Mon
current date: 2017.Jan.10 Tue
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