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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Actually in Estonian it's üheksakümmend kaks. The first being a compound word of nine(üheksa) and ten(kümme) while kaks is just two. So it would be 9+10+2.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that be more like "nine 10s plus two"?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Yes, it seems like 9×10+2

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