Be There, or Be Squared

The Huli language is a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Answer these questions in the Answer Sheets.

E1. The perfect squares from 1 to 100 are written in Huli below, in scrambled order. Perfect squares are the numbers 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, … that are the products of multiplying a whole number by itself (e.g. 4 = 2 * 2). On your answer sheet, write the corresponding numbers in Arabic numerals (e.g., the number twelve is written as 12 in Arabic numerals).

1. ngui ki, ngui tebone-gonaga waragaria
2. mbira
3. ngui dau, ngui waragane-gonaga waragaria
4. nguira-ni pira
5. nguira-ni mbira
6. dira
7. maria
8. ngui tebo, ngui mane-gonaga maria
9. ngui ma, ngui dauni-gonaga maria
10. ngui waraga, ngui kane-gonaga pira

E2. Four consecutive numbers are written in Huli below, in increasing order. Write the corresponding numbers in Arabic numerals.

ngui ka, ngui haline-gonaga bearia
ngui ka, ngui haline-gonaga hombearia
ngui ka, ngui haline-gonaga haleria
ngui ka, ngui haline-gonaga deria

E3. Write the following numbers in Huli.

1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
4. 7
5. 22
6. 44
7. 66
8. 77
9. 88
10. 173