Counting to One Hundred

Level 2

Build a number from the ten, then kūmā, then the one: ʻumikūmālua is 12.

How It Works

Hawaiian writes a two-digit number as one long word. Take the ten and add kūmā and the digit.

NumberWord
11ʻumikūmākahi
12ʻumikūmālua
20iwakālua
25iwakāluakūmālima
30kanakolu
84kanawalukūmāhā
100haneli

The Reference Grammar says the tens from 10 to 90 are extended with -kūmā- to show the one, and that older texts and formal speech may use -kumamā- instead. It treats haneli as a word from English. To add ones to 100, it joins the two with a me, as in hoʻokahi haneli a me ʻeiwa, “109”.

The ones in these long words drop the ʻe- that stand-alone counting uses, so the ending is -kūmākahi, built on kahi.

Examples (5)

  1. ʻumikūmākahi

    eleven

    ʻUmi, kūmā and kahi make one word.

  2. iwakāluakūmālima

    twenty-five

    Iwakālua is the ten, and -kūmālima adds five.

  3. kanawalukūmāhā

    eighty-four

    Kanawalu is eighty, and -kūmāhā adds four.

  4. hoʻokahi haneli

    one hundred

    Haneli is 100, and hoʻokahi counts one of them.

  5. hoʻokahi haneli a me ʻelima

    one hundred five

    A me joins 100 and a digit.

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Counting to One HundredLevel 2

Learn This First

The longer numbers are built from the numbers one to ten.

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Patterns that build on this one.

Words in This Pattern

ʻumikūmākahiiwakāluakanakoluhaneli-kūmā--kumamā-ʻumikūmālua