Somali

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Somali cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : siddeed
    Ordinal : siddeedaad

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Cushitic. Compare Hadiyya sadeento, Oromo saddeet, Sidamo seete, Kambaata hezzéetto and Jiiddu siyiid,[1] Xamtanga säwta, Qimant säxʷäta, Blin säɣʷäta.

Numeral

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siddeed

  1. eight

References

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  1. ^ Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN
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