How to count in Barsoomian

Other Stuff
Number Barsoomian Source
1 ay ay-mad, “one man” (SMM/chapter 11)
4 tor tor-dur-bar, “four million eight” (SMM/4)
7 ov teeaytan-ov, “eleven hundred seven” (SMM/4)
8 bar tor-dur-bar, “four million eight” (SMM/4)
10 tee teepi, “ten money-units” (LG/2-11)
11 teeay teeaytan-ov, “eleven hundred seven” (SMM/4)
14 *teetor [assumed on analogy with teeay]
17 *teeov [assumed on analogy with teeay]
18 *teebar [assumed on analogy with teeay]
40 *tortee [assumed]
70 *ovtee [assumed]
80 *bartee [assumed]
100 tan tanpi, “100 money-units” (LG/2-11)
400 *tortan [assumed on analogy with teeaytan]
700 *ovtan [assumed on analogy with teeaytan]
800 *bartan [assumed on analogy with teeaytan]
1,000 *dar dar, “a military unit with 1,000 men”
1,000 *teetan [assumed on analogy with teeaytan]
1,100 teeaytan teeaytan-ov, “eleven hundred seven” (SMM/4)
1,400 *teetortan [assumed on analogy with teeaytan]
1,700 *teeovtan [assumed on analogy with teeaytan]
1,800 *teebartan [assumed on analogy with teeaytan]
10,000 *mak back-formation from umak, “a military unit with 10,000 men”, on analogy with utan, “a military unit with 100 men”
1,000,000 dur tor-dur-bar, “four million eight” (SMM/4)

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