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any number, they made use of the word aiueri and 

 counted on their lingers and toes." * In Angadi, Nagra- 

 madu, Goreda, Lakahia and Mimika, the numbers appear 

 as follows : 



Angadi. Nagramadu. 



1. janatlwa vadi 



2. jaminatia abama 



3. jaminaii-janariwa libamu-nadi 



4. awaitumd-janiinatia abama-banio 



5. mdlutrc-ajaheraiiri mdma-riba 



6. mdhdre-janiifiwa niariba-nadi 

 10. muhure-jiiminatia mama rubamu (dortt 



These show a numeration only as far as two. 

 "Three" and "four" are made by additions, 2 + 1 = 3 

 and 2 + 2 = 4, except in Angadi where awaitamh- 

 jaminatia means "another two" with which cf. the 

 Mimika awaida, other. Mahare, malieri, mari in the 

 words for " five " also mean "hand," abbreviated to ma in 

 mama of Nagramadu. The Goreda tdorii given for 

 "ten," is the Angadi taoni, much, Mimika takiri, many. 

 In Lakahia the words for " three," " four," " five," " six " 

 have the Ceram numerals which are also used in Lobo 

 and Namatote. The Mairassis and Wuaussirau numerals 

 agree with one another, but differ entirely from those of 

 the Angadi-Mimika group. 



One Two Three Four Five Six Ten 



Mairassis iangaiiw aniooi karia id iworo iwora-tnoi werowa-mdi 



Wuaussirau avau amoi karia aiwera iworo iwor-tanan iwor-toki-tani 



The low numeration in all these languages may be 

 regarded as an indication of their Papuan character. 



5. Construction. 



A few grammatical forms which appear to be indi- 

 cated in the vocabularies may be noted here. 



a. The possessive with pronouns and pronominal 

 words is indicated by a suffix -ta. Mimika, doro-ta, of 

 me, mine ; oro-ta, thine ; amare-ta, his ; wehwaida-ta, of 



* G. W. Earl in Jour. Royal Geographical Society, 1837, p. 30.}. 



