238 THE ESKIMO AltOUT BERING STRAIT [eth.ann. 18 



Wbeu the person reaches twenty he will very often say yu-i-naM'-tdk, 

 meaning "the man is finished," If he is asked how many fingers and 

 toes he has counted he will reply "j/?<-i'-wjU'." 



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

 of the twenties. For instance, forty is mliV -{i-gliu-i' -in-ali, from mal'-ii- 

 ghiilc, two, and i'-pi-iik, a set of animal's legs and paws, with the toes, 

 this last coming from i'-ptk, the name given to the combined leg, foot, 

 and toes of any mammal. Thus forty becomes "two sets of animal's 

 paws." In this way each succeeding twenty is designated by combin- 

 ing one of the cardinal numbers with i'-pl-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'-niim yum ipi'. This 

 may be analyzed as follows: yu-i'-nmn, twenty ; yum, of a man's; i-x>i', 

 sets of paws; or, "twenty sets of man's paws," 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. d-taii'-tsik d-iau'-tsik. 



2. miiV-u-ghuk, or ai'-pd miil-u-ghuk, or ai-pd. 



3. plu-a'-shu-uk plii-ai'-yun. 



4. sta'-mxk sta'-mun. 



5. td-h li'-mik tu-Ml' -mun. 



6. a-ghu-bm'-ghuk a-gh u-bin'-lign, 



7. mdl-u-ghun' -lign mnl-u-ghun' -lign. 



8. pin-ai-t/un'-Ugn pin-ai-yun'-lign. 



9. ko'-lin-o-gho-tai'-lirl-iin ko' Im-o-gho-tai' -lift-un. 



10. ko-lin' ko-lin'. 



11. dt-khakh'-tok, or d-tau'-isik ko-ld' d-tau'-tsi-viuk chi'-pt-tok. 



12. aV-pa, or mdl'-u-ghuk , . . . ko-ld' mdl-n-gu'-mk cM'-pi-tok. 



13. pin-a' •aJiu-uk ko-ld' ptn-ai'-yttn-ik chi'-pi-tok. 



14. sta'-mtk ko-ld' sta'-mm-ik cM-pi-tok. 



15. d-ki'-mt-dk, or td-hli'-mik ko-ld' td-hli-mun-ik chi-pi-tok. 



16. giikh'-tok ko-ld' a-glm-hin' -Ugn-ik chi-pi-tok. 



17. ai'-pd, or mdl'-u-ghuk ko-ld' mdl-u-ghun' -lign- >k chi-pi-tok. 



18. pin-a' shu-xik ko-ld' pin-ai' -yun-lign-ik chi-pi-tok. 



19. sta'-mik ko-ld' ko-lin'-o-gho-tai'-Un-dg'-a-g'uk. 



20. yu-i'-nuk, or td-hU'-mik yu-i'-nuk. 



21. d-tau'-taik yu-i'-nuk d-tau'-isi-miik chip'-hlu-ku, 



22. ai'-pd, or mdl'-v,-ghuk yu-i'-nHk mdl-u-ghun' -ik chip'-hlu-kn. 



23. pin-a' -shu-uk yu-i'-ndk pin-ai' -yun-ik chip'-hlu-ku. 



24. sta'-mik yu-i'-nuk sta'-min-ik chip'-hlu-ku. 



25. td-hli'mik yu-i'-nuk td-hli'-min-ik chip'-h lu-ku. 



26. a-ghrt-hin-ghdk yu-i'-nuk a-ghu-bin' -lign-ik chip'-hlu-ku. 



27. mdV -li-ghun' -lign yu-i'-uHk mdl-ii-ghun' -lign-ik chip'-hlu-ku. 



28. pin-ai-yun'-lign yu-i'-nuk pin-ai-yun' -Ugn-ik chip' -hlu-ku. 



