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quintal
/ˈkwɪntl/
noun 4adj 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
paradigmatic, quadral, trial
QUINTAL + NOUN
yufopela
PREP.
in
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
In one import license alone, the merchant in question was instructed to bring in 13,000 quintals of alum, which, snapped up by industries in England and the Low Countries, would yield the king a cool £8,666 13s 4d.
2
Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
3
An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.
noun
1
A grammatical number referring to five (or more) things.
Furthermore, if the number-incorporated pronouns are analyzed as grammatically marked for number, distinct grammatical categories for trial, quadral and quintal must be posited.
In UgSL, we find a complete set of forms for dual, trial, quadral and quintal in several paradigmatic contrasts.
adj
1
Referring to five (or more) things; of, in or relating to the quintal grammatical number.
What Table 4 does not show is the possibility of even "quadral" and "quintal" forms, like yufopela 'you four', 'the four of you', yufaipela 'you five', 'the five of you'.
In sign languages, on the other hand, trial, quadral and quintal forms such as found in UgSL are not uncommon.
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Synonyms
noun — a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
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Idioms & Phrases
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In one import license alone, the merchant in question was instructed to bring in 13,000 quintals of alum, which, snapped up by industries in England and the Low Countries, would yield the king a cool
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Furthermore, if the number-incorporated pronouns are analyzed as grammatically marked for number, distinct grammatical categories for trial, quadral and quintal must be posited.
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In UgSL, we find a complete set of forms for dual, trial, quadral and quintal in several paradigmatic contrasts.
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All in all, this suggests that in LSC the differences observed in the motion taken by exact number pronouns is not grounded in a fundamental distinction between the dual vs. the trial, the quadral and
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What Table 4 does not show is the possibility of even "quadral" and "quintal" forms, like yufopela 'you four', 'the four of you', yufaipela 'you five', 'the five of you'.
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In sign languages, on the other hand, trial, quadral and quintal forms such as found in UgSL are not uncommon.
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