▁preceding ▁word , ▁as ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁number ▁for ▁ten , ▁ne <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> wt is ga q , ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁the ▁prefix ▁ne <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> wt ▁- ▁( der ived ▁from ▁new t ) ▁and ▁the ▁root ▁is ga <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> q ▁meaning ▁ten ▁( the ▁pattern ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁tap uis ga <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> q ▁for ▁ 2 0 , ▁n esis ga <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> q ▁for ▁ 3 0 , ▁etc .) ▁While ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 4 0 ▁and ▁ 5 0 ▁all ▁use ▁a ▁single ▁word ▁containing ▁a ▁prefix , ▁the ▁tens ▁between ▁ 6 0 ▁and ▁ 9 0 ▁use ▁the ▁numer al ▁as ▁a ▁preceding ▁word ▁to ▁a ▁separate ▁word ▁meaning ▁ten , ▁te <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> s is ga <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> q : ▁for ▁instance , ▁ 6 0 ▁is ▁written ▁as ▁as <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> gom ▁te <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> s is ga <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> q . ▁ ▁Num bers ▁between ▁the ▁tens ▁are ▁stated ▁by ▁multiple - word ▁phr ases , ▁beginning ▁with ▁the ▁ten - based ▁root ▁number , ▁such ▁as ▁ne <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> wt is ga q , ▁followed ▁by ▁jel ▁( mean ing ▁" and " ▁or ▁" also ") ▁and ▁ending ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁nine ▁numer als : ▁for ▁instance , ▁the ▁number ▁ 2 8 ▁is ▁constructed ▁as ▁tap uis ga <0xEA> <0x9E> <0x8C> q ▁ ▁jel ▁u