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kimas saGkhyAparimANe Dati ca

किमः संख्यापरिमाणे डति च ONPANINI 52041

Add "Dati" after kim किम् when meaning a quantity.

In other words:

The nounbase /kati- meaning "how much" is derived from /kim + /Dati.

afaik /kati- is the only /Dati nounbase. It is derived like this —

kim किम् + /Dati
→ k क् + ati अति erasing im इम् by TeH
→ !**kati- कतिॱ

So we say —

kati krINAsi कति क्रीणासि "how many are you buying?", where **kati कति ← /kati- + /zas

/Dati words are /saGkhyA by bahugaNav....