A school identification number in Bali, written with Balinese numerals above and Arabic numerals below
The numerals 1–10 have basic, combining, and independent forms, many of which are formed through reduplication. The combining forms are used to form higher numbers. In some cases there is more than one word for a numeral, reflecting the Balinese register system; halus (high-register) forms are listed in italics.
* A less productive combining form of a- 1 is sa-, as can be seen in many of the numbers below. It, ulung-, and sangang- are from Javanese. Tiga 3 is from Sanskrit trika. Dasa 10 is from Sanskrit daśa.
Teens, tweens, and tens
Like English, Balinese has compound forms for the teens and tens; however, it also has a series of compound 'tweens', 21–29. The teens are based on a root *-welas, the tweens on -likur, and the tens are formed by the combining forms above. Hyphens are not used in the orthography, but have been added to the table below to clarify their derivation.
Unit
Teens
Tweens
Tens
1
solas 11
se-likur 21
(a-dasa 10)
2
rolas 12
dua-likur 22
duang-dasa 20
kalih-likur
kalih-dasa
3
telu-las 13
telu-likur 23
telung-dasa 30
tigang-likur
tigang-dasa
4
pat-belas 14
pat-likur 24
petang-dasa 40
5
lim-olas 15
salaé 25
seket 50
6
nem-belas 16
nem-likur 26
nem-dasa 60
7
pitu-las 17
pitu-likur 27
pitung-dasa 70
8
pelekutus 18
ulu-likur 28
kutus-dasa, ulung-dasa 80
9
siang-olas 19
sanga-likur 29
sia-dasa, sangang-dasa 90
The high-register combining forms kalih- 2 and tigang- 3 are used with -likur, -dasa, and higher numerals (below), but not for the teens.
The teens are from Javanese, where the -olas forms are regular, apart from pele-kutus 18, which is suppletive. Sa-laé 25 (one thread [of 25 Chinese coins]), and se-ket 50 (one tie [of two threads of coins]) are also suppletive, and cognate with Javanese səlawé 25 and səkət 50.
There are additional numerals pasasur ~ sasur 35 and se-timahan ~ se-timan 45 (one opium packet [costing 45 coins]), and a compound telung-benang (three threads [of coins]) for 75.
Higher numbers
A date, written in Latin and Balinese script
The unit combining forms are combined with atus 100, atak 200, amas 400, tali 1000, laksa 10,000, keti 100,000, and yuta 1,000,000 as they do with dasa 10:
100
s-atus
200
s-atak
300
telung-atus (tigang-atus)
400
s-amas
500
limang-atus
600
telung-atak (tigang-atak)
700
pitung-atus
800
domas ( ← *dua-amas or *ro-amas)
900
sanga
1000
siu
1200
(e)nem-bangsit
2000
duang-tali (kalih-tali)
1,000,000
a-yuta
Atak is a 'bundle' (of 200 coins) and amas is 'gold' (a gold coin being worth 400 copper coins). In addition, there is karobelah 150, lebak 175, and sepa (one pa?) for 1600. At least karobelah has a cognate in Javanese, ro-bəlah, where ro- is the short form for two (as in rolas 12).
