4.3.4. Numeral incorporation
Numeral incorporation is the blending of the movement and place of articulation of a sign and the handshape of a numeral. In the following example, the numeral two is incorporated into week.
two^week
'Two weeks'
Signs that can be incorporated with a numeral are the following:
100s (200, 300, 400, 500, 600)
1000s (2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000)
grade (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th)
hour (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
week (2,3,4,5,6^week^later)
month (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
year (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
(Kubus 2008: 88)
(See also [Lexicon - 3.7.2.2.] for number incorporation into pronouns.)