Estonian

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Estonian numbers (edit)
120
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    Cardinal: kaksteist
    Ordinal: kaheteistkümnes
    Collective: tosin
    Fractional: kaheteistkümnendik

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kakci toicta kümmentä. Equivalent to kaks (two)teist (of second). Shortened from kaksteistkümmend ("two of the second decade"), which is still evident in declension. Cognate with Finnish kaksitoista.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑksˌtei̯st/
  • Hyphenation: kaks‧teist
  • Rhymes: -eist

Numeral

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kaksteist

  1. twelve

Usage notes

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There is also a shortened genitive singular, kaheteist and multiple other alternative partitive singulars: kahtteist, kahteteistkümmend, kahtteistkümmend and kahtteistkümmet.

Declension

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