-saréjun
Keywords: numbers, counting, mathematics
| Pronunciation (IPA): | -sa're.jun |
|---|---|
| Part of Speech: | modifier |
| Class: | quantifier, number |
| Forms: | kawasaréjun, netsaréjun |
| Glosses: | million, billion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion |
Description:
The affix -saréjun is the productive form to derive words for higher powers of one thousdand. It must be combined with a number as a prefix to form the higher order number term. The number chosen is the power to which 1000 is raised. It is related to the word for 1000, 'aréju' attached. A few examples are given below. The resulting number acts exactly like any other number grammatically, see attached article
Notice the irregular stress on these words. All words derived from -saréjun have a secondary stress on their first syllable and a primary stress on the accepted syllable,
| Form | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kawasaréjun | million |
| netsaréjun | billion |
| akinsaréjun | trillion |
Notice a similar pattern to the English words for higher order numbers, except the Common numbers start from a word meaning 'two' because they're explicitly powers of 1000. 'Atesaréjun' isn't a word.