NOTES ON THE LOYALTY ISLANDS. 683 



19 ekeqaihano. 



one man. 



20 caate. 



one man and two fives. 



30 caate iige luejii. 



two men. 



40 liiate. 



two men and two fives. 



50 luate nge luepi, 



three men. 



GO kijniate. 



tliree men and two fives. 



70 koniate nge luepi. 



four men. 



80 ekate. 



four men and two fives. 



90 ekate nge luepi. 



five men. 



100 tripi Ino ate. 



I have not given yon the Onvean numerals, because I 

 don't know the language ; if you desire those numerals and 

 ]>ronouns, Mr. Ella, of Petersham can give them ; he was 

 the missionary on that island for many years. Above, in the 

 lAi'w, the number six changemen, is comjiosed of cha, 

 abbreviated foi-m of chasi, one ; nge, conjunction, and ; men, 

 the before-mentioned, indicating that five is the quantity ; men 

 would never be used to indicate ten, or fifteen, or any number 

 but five. Six may also be written, sarechemen, in the Marc 

 dialect, which is composed of sa, one ; re, connecting particle 

 (or perhaps the conjunction ne, and, changed into re ; re 

 sometimes and in some connections is the possessive ; re never 

 indicates a conjunction except in the numerals), and chemen, 

 which means, as the " men " in Lifu, the before-mentioned 

 number five. Again, 11, chako, Lifu is really one toe ; 

 when the toes are used for the process of counting it indicates 

 that the fingers have been counted already ; cliako, one toe, 

 can never mean ojie only, but always eleven, ten and one. 



The following are the pronouns : — 



Mart. 

 Nominative case — 

 Sing. 1st per. inu. 



chiefs common abusive. 



Sing. 2nd per. bua, nubo, ehme. 



common abusive. 



Sing. 3rd per. nnbone, iche. 



