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When the person reaches twenty he will very ofteii say yu-i-nalch -tdk, 

 meaning &quot;the man is finished.&quot; If he is asked how many fingers and 

 toes he has counted he will reply &quot;yu-i -nuk.&quot; 



When forty is reached a singular change takes place in the naming 

 of the twenties. For instance, forty is mat -d-ghu-i -pi-ale, from mcil -u- 

 yhtiJc, two, and i -pi-ak, a set of animal s legs and paws, with the toes, 

 this last coming from I 1 -pile, the name given to the combined leg, foot, 

 and toes of any mammal. Thus forty becomes &quot;two sets of animal s 

 paws.&quot; In this way each succeeding twenty is designated by combin 

 ing one of the cardinal numbers with i -pt-iik up to four hundred. At 

 this point a change occurs, and the idea of a man is combined with that 

 of the animal, as follows: Four hundred is yu-i -nam yum i-pi . This 

 may be analyzed as follows: yu-i -nam, twenty; yum, of a man s; i-pi , 

 sets of paws; or, &quot;twenty sets of man s paws,&quot; this meaning twenty 

 times twenty. 



The following tables of Unalit numerals, with explanatory notes and 

 the facts already given, will render plain their system of counting. 



The first column in the first table gives the numerals as commonly 

 used when counting the fingers and toes; the second column gives the 

 forms used in counting exterior objects or to express a complete num 

 ber. These two sets of numbers are sometimes interchangeably used, 

 so that no invariable custom defines their usage. 



1. a-tau -tsik d-taii -tsik. 



2. mal -u-ghiik, or ai -pd mal-ii-ghiik, or ai -pd. 



3. pin-a -shu-uk pin-ai -ytin, 



4. sta -mik sta -mun. 



5. td-lili -mik ta-hli -mii&amp;gt;i. 



6. a-ghu-bfn -ghuk a-ghu-bin -Hgn. 



7. mdl-u-ghun -lign mal-u-ghiin -lign. 



8. pin-ai-yun -lign pin-ai-yun -lfgn. 



9. ko -liii-o-glio-tai -liH-Hn ko liii-o-gho-tai -liii-un. 



10. ko-lm ko-lin . 



11. at-khakh -tok, or d-tau -tsik ko-la (i-tati -tsi-muk chl -pi-ttik. 



12. ai -pa, or mtil -u-ghuk ko-la miil-u-gii -nik chi -pi-tnk. 



13. pm-a -sTiu-uk ko-la pin-ai -yitn-ik cM -pt-tok. 



14. sta -mik ko-la sta -min-ik chi-pt-tok. 



15. a-ki -mi-ak, or ta-hU -mik ko-la 1 ta-hli-mun-ik cln-pi-tok. 



16. gukh -tok ko-la a-ghu-bin -Ugn-ik clii-pl-tok. 



17. ai -pd, or mal -ti-yhitk ko-la mal-u-ghun -lign-ik chi-pi-tok. 



18. ptn-a shu-uk ko-ld pin-ai -yun-ltgn-ik cln-pl-tuk. 



19. sta -mik ko-ld ko-Hii -o-yho-tai -Uri-og -a-g uk. 



20. yu-i -niik, or tii-hli -mlk yu-i -niik. 



21. (i-lau -tslk yu-i -niik ii-tau -isi-muk chip -lilu-kit. 



22. ai -pd, or mlil -u-ghuk yu-i -niik mal-u-yhun -ik chip -lilit-kn. 



23. pin-a -sliu-uk yu-i -niik pln-ai -yun-ik chip -hlu-kn. 



24. sta -mik yu-i -nuk sta -mm-ik chip -hlit-ku. 



25. tii-hli mik yu-i -niik ta-hli -min-ik cJiip -hlu-ku. 



26. a-ghu-bin-ghuk yu-i -niik a-ghu-bin -ltgn-ik chip -hlu-ku. 



27. mal -u-ghtin -lign yn-i -nuk mal-ii-ghini -lign-ik chip -JiJu-ku. 



28. pirt-ai-ynn -lign yu-i -niik pin-ai-yun -lign-ik chip -hlu-ku. 



