thiáaḍu and a half

• • and a half

  • • Example 44:
      

      táai deé ghareé pakaár balikhaṭíi dapáara áak thiáaḍa inč bhíta.

      táai

      that

      deé

      for

      ghareé

      again

      pakaár

      of.use

      balikháṭ

      roof.end

      -ii

      -gen

      dapáara

      for

      ak

      one

      thiáḍ

      and.half

      -a

      -MPL

      inč

      inch

      bhit

      plank

      -a

      -pl

      For the end of the roof we need one and a half inch of plank.

      Source: A:HOW081

    • Example 776:
      

      samóolii pahúrta aṛáa díi dúu thiéeḍi fuṭí bheenčá díi tas neemí lageeṇḍeéu.

      samá

      make

      -íl

      -pfv

      -ii

      -gen

      pahúrta

      after

      aṛáa

      there.dist

      díi

      from

      du

      two

      thiáḍ

      and.half

      -i

      -f

      fuṭ

      foot

      -í

      -pl

      bheénš

      beam

      -a

      -obl

      díi

      from

      tas

      3sg.acc

      neemí

      below

      lagayé

      put.in

      -eeṇḍeéu

      -OBLG

      After building that, it [the mantelpiece] will be fixed two and a half foot below the main beam [in the ceiling].

      Source: A:HOW067

    • Example 1627:
      

      anú taqriibán dúu thiáaḍa sáwa kaalá muṣṭúku.

      anú

      3MSG.prox.nom

      taqriibán

      approximately

      du

      two

      thiáḍ

      and.half

      -a

      -MPL

      sáu

      hundred

      -a

      -pl

      kaál

      year

      -a

      -pl

      muṣṭúk

      of.before

      -u

      -MSG

      This happend about two and a half century ago.

      Source: A:PAS001

Related entries

• See also:
  • áaḍu half; half of, some of; the one half; half of the people; some of them, etc.
  • áak thiáaḍu one and a half
  • dúu thiáaḍa two and a half
• Subentry:
  • thiéeḍi and a half (fem)