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    Singular-Dual-Plural-Überplural

     

    That said, minalbili are “two eyes”

    and yoorilbeli are “two ears”.

     

    Linguists call -lbili a  “dual” (TWO) suffix.

     

    It is different from the Barngarla suffix -ri,

    which creates the plural just like English -s.

     

    So:

    Mina “eye”

    Minalbili “2 eyes”

    Minari “eyes”

    Minailyarana “heaps of eyes”

     

    Barngarla:

    Yoora “man”

    Yooralbili “2 men”

    Yoorari “men”

    Yoorailyarana “heaps of men”

     

    Revived Hebrew (which was a sleeping beauty

    for 1750 years) also has a “dual”:

     

    Shaa “hour”

    Shaatayim “2 hours”

    Shaot “hours”