Louisiana Creole

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Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : swasant-dis

Etymology

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Inherited from French soixante-dix (seventy, literally sixty-ten).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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swasant-dis

  1. seventy

Usage notes

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  • Follows the same pattern as its component word dis. Specifically, swasant-di precedes consonant-initial words, swasant-diz precedes vowel-initial words, and swasant-dis is used independently. Compare French etymon soixante-dix.