altaw
/altaw/
1. six together, the six of them, six people — Collective numeral, used of people: altaw işleydile "six people are working".
- altaw işleydile — six of them are working
- altaw da keldile — all six of them came
- altaw çalqı çaladıla — six people are mowing with scythes
- siz da altawnu iyigiz — you send six as well
- altaw ayrı bolsa, aradağın aldırır — if the six fall out, they will lose what is between them
- altaw bolub — being six together
2. six at a time, in groups of six — This distributive meaning is attested in dictionaries mainly for the repeated form of the word.
- altaw-altaw — six by six
- altaw-altaw keldile — they came six at a time
- altaw-altaw böldüle — they divided them into sixes
Counting forms
| Number | the number | in order | that many people | as a group | that many each |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nol | nolzero | ||||
| sıfır | sıfırzero | ||||
| bir | birone | birinçithe first | birewthe one of them | birerone each | |
| eki | ekitwo | ekinçithe second | ekewthe two of them | ekewlena group of two | |
| üç | üçthree | üçünçüthe third | üçewthe three of them | üçewlena group of three | üçüşerthree each |
| tört | törtfour | törtünçüthe fourth | törtewthe four of them | törtewlena group of four | törtüşerfour each |
| beş | beşfive | beşinçithe fifth | beşewthe five of them | beşewlena group of five | beşişerfive each |
| altı | altısix | altınçıthe sixth | altawthe six of them | altawlana group of six | altışarsix each |
| jeti | jetiseven | jetinçithe seventh | jetewthe seven of them | jetewlena group of seven | jetişerseven each |
| segiz | segizeight | segizinçithe eighth | segizewlena group of eight | segizişereight each | |
| toğuz | toğuznine | toğuzunçuthe ninth | toğuzawlana group of nine | toğuzuşarnine each | |
| on | onten | onunçuthe tenth | onawlana group of ten | onuşarten each | |
| jıyırma | jıyırmatwenty | jıyırmançıthe twentieth | |||
| otuz | otuzthirty | otuzunçuthe thirtieth | |||
| qırq | qırqforty | qırqınçıthe fortieth | |||
| elli | ellififty | ellinçithe fiftieth | ellişerfifty each | ||
| altmış | altmışsixty | altmışınçıthe sixtieth | altmışışarsixty each | ||
| jetmiş | jetmişseventy | jetmişinçithe seventieth | |||
| seksen | sekseneighty | sekseninçithe eightieth | |||
| tohsan | tohsanninety | tohsanınçıthe ninetieth | tohsanışarninety each | ||
| jüz | jüzone hundred | jüzünçüthe hundredth | jüzüşerone hundred each | ||
| miŋ | miŋone thousand | miŋinçithe thousandth | miŋişerone thousand each | ||
| million | millionmillion | ||||
| milliard | milliardbillion | ||||
| trillion | trilliona trillion |
The books stop the people-counting forms after ten, so the bigger numbers show only the cardinal, ordinal and distributive. The numbers bank shows how these combine into larger numbers.