s. 5. NUMBER. 43 



Section 5. NUMBEE. 



I. SELECTION OF THE tREEMAM» WORDS, PECILIAR A>D COMMON. 



(The common stemwords of the Dialects see Vol. I.) 

 1) SINGLE, ACCOMPANIMENT. 

 Stw. One out of several ardlaq; alone kise. 

 Afx. Only maq, inarpoq, tuaq; companions etc. kut. 

 Drv. Expl. All etc., see Sections 3 and 4. 



2) MANY. 



Stw. Are many a^nerdldpid; swarm ujameriak. 



Afx. Many 2^(1 >t, pagssuit, iaq, iagpoq. 



Drv. ExPL. Many amerdlåsut: many people inniagiut: a vil- 

 lage igdlor^xiit. 



3) FEW. 

 Stw. Are few ikigput. 



Arx. It has, or there are few kipoq. 



Drv. ExPL. Few ikigtut , ikhjtângult; there are few people 

 inukipoq. 



4) COUNTING. 



Stw He counts them kisfpai; how many qavsit. 



Afx. Has got (caught) that number (of them) rârpoq; does 

 it so many times riaipoq. 



Drv. Expl. . Number kisitsit', how many times qavsinik (Mod.); 

 he has got three (f. e. seals) j)ingasorâ)yoq; doing it four times 

 sisamariardhme; more ànialo. 



П. PECILIARITIES AN» EXAMPLES FROM THE OTHER »L4LECTS. 



(Words apparently representing peculiar stemwords: k(diigna 

 MWn.; nimaja, motnaja L.\l.; mijoraluk M. ; mtugput LCM.) 



L. 1) Companion aipak, ingiakatte — 2) They are many 

 mmuktovnt*, imuksivalliavut* \ swarm ni»iajadlariiek* — 4) He 

 counts them kittipeit. 



С 2) A great many oonookput* — 4) How many qatsining. 



M. 1) "At once kalodjat — i2) A group тотаща; assembled 

 atnnin-Huk* ('? negation by Afx. ipoq). 



