čúur four

Part of Speech num
Vernacular Form چُور
Phonetic Form tɕúur
Morphemic Form čáur
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form catúraḥ 'four (masc.acc.pl.)' (T: 4655)
Variant Form(s) čáar (Biori)
    • four
      • Example 208:
        dúu ac̣híia aṭí čúur thainií.
        du
        two
        ac̣híi
        eye
        -a
        -pl
        aṭé
        bring
        -í
        -CV
        čáur
        four
        the
        do
        -ainií
        -VN
        Getting two more eyes makes four. [Proverb]
        Source: A:NH12:1:196
      • Example 389:
        se bi čúur páanǰ bhe, ma na ṭing tháai bhóon de.
        se
        3pl.nom
        bi
        SEP
        čáur
        four
        panǰ
        five
        bhe
        become
        -í
        -CV
        ma
        1sg.nom
        na
        neg
        ṭing
        firm
        the
        do
        -áa
        -inf
        bha
        be.able.to
        -en
        -3pl
        de
        pst
        Not even these four or five people were able to hold me.
        Source: A:HUA123
      • Example 585:
        thíi čúur dáanda pac̣halíila hína, tanaám gaḍeeṇḍeéu.
        thíi
        2sg.gen
        čáur
        four
        dand
        tooth
        -a
        -pl
        pac̣halé
        rot
        -íl
        -pfv
        -a
        -MPL
        hin
        be.prs
        -a
        -MPL
        tanaám
        3pl.acc
        gaḍé
        pull.out
        -eeṇḍeéu
        -OBLG
        Four of your teeth are rotten; they need to be extracted.
        Source: A:DLX102

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