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PRINCE— MORPHOLOGY OF THE 



[April 25, 



NUMERALS. 

 The numerals up to five present three forms ; vi::., a form used 

 chiefly in counting, and adjectival animate and inanimate forms, as 

 indicated by the following list. There is no trace of peculiar numer- 

 als used only with certain classes of substantive, as, for example, 

 with round objects, etc., such as occur in Ojibwe. 



In Counting, Animates. Inanimates. 



one nekw't peskzv; obv. -l peskw 



peskzv ' one, each ' occasionally : nekw't 



occasionally : nekw't 

 two tabu v.lswiik msn'l 



obv. : nlso 

 three sist iwzvuk nuw'n'l 



obv. : noho 

 four neu ncwuk new'n'l 



obv. : ncwo 

 five nan nan'zu'k nan'w'l 



obv. : nano 

 six kamdchin kamachin-keswuk kamdchin-kesn'l 



obv. -keso 

 seven 'Iwik'n'k 'Izvik'n'k-keswuk 'Iwik'n'k-kesn'l 



obv. -keso 

 eight 'km"lcliin 'km"Icliin-keswnk 'k"mlcliin-kesn'l 



obv. -keso 

 nine eskzx/ndtek eskzi/ndtek-kcswiik cskw'ndtek-kesn'l 



obv. -keso 

 ten m'tul'n m'tul'n-keswuk m'tidn'-kesn'l 



obv. -keso 



From eleven to fifteen, the numerals are formed from the tens 

 by affixing for the animate and inanimate -anhoso-zvnk ; ohv. ankoso; 

 ankosowl, respectively : nisankosozvak skitayik, ' twelve men ' ; 

 nsankoso-zvuk (obv. -zvo) ; inan. -zv'l, 'thirteen'; neivanko-, 'four- 

 teen,; nananko, 'fifteen.' From sixteen to nineteen the affixed ele- 

 ment is -kesanko: kaindchin-kesdnkosozvtik (obv. -kesdnkoso) ; inan. 

 -kesdnkosozv'l^ etc. 



From twenty on, the cardinal elements are as follows: nisinsk-, 

 'twenty'; ns'insk-, 'thirty'; ncozvinsk-, 'forty'; naninsk-^ 'fifty'; 

 kamdchin-kesinsk-, 'sixty'; 'Iwik'n-kesinsk, 'seventy'; 'km"Ichiii- 

 kesinsk, ' eighty ' ; eskzsu' ndtek-kesinsk , ' ninety' ; nekzv'tdt'kzv-, ' hun- 



