7.3 The tens: 20–90

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Now a different ending: -i turns a unit into its "ten." Very regular:

	Assyrian		Assyrian
20	esri	60	eshti
30	tlay	70	shavvi
40	arpi	80	tmani
50	khamshi	90	echchi

Again the unit number is doing the heavy lifting: khamsha "5" → khamshi "50," eshta "6" → eshti "60," shavva "7" → shavvi "70." Only "20" (esri) and "30" (tlay) drift a bit from their units. All invariable.

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