THOMAS] OPATA AND TOTONACA NUMERALS One 
Opata' 
10 makoi. 
11 makoi-seni-begua?=10-+1. 
12 makoi-go-begui=10+2. 
13 makoi-ba-begua=10-+3. 
14 makoi-nago-begui=10-+-4. 
15 makoi-mari-begui=10+5. 
16 makoi-bussani-begua=10-+6. 
17 makoi-seni-gua-bussani-begui=10+-7 (literally 10-+-1+-6). 
18 makoi-go-nago-begui=10--8 (literally 10+24). 
19 kiseuri=before or next to 20. 
20 seuri, or seneurini=1 man (?). 
21 seuri-seni-begui=20-+1. 
30 seuri-makoi-begua=20+-10. 
40 gode-urini=2 x 20. 
50 godeurini makoi-begua=40-+-10 (literally 2 20+-10). 
60 vaide-urini=3 x 20. 
100 makoi-urini? (error; should be mari-urini=5 x 20?) . 
Tarahumari* 
10 macoi-qui. 
11 macoi-guamina-bire=10+-1. 
12 macoi-guamina-oca=10-+-2. 
13 macoi-guamina-beiquia=10-+3. 
So to 19. 
20 osa-macoi=2 10. 
30 beisa-macoi=3 x 10. 
40 naguosa-macoi=4 10. 
Notwithstanding the evident resemblance of the numerals of this 
idiom up to 10 to those of the Nahuatl, itis clear from this short list, 
which is all we are enabled to offer from the data at hand, that the 
higher number names are based on the decimal system. 
As the mode of counting used by the tribes of the Shoshonean 
group, so far as they have been obtained, is based on the decimal sys- 
tem, it is unnecessary to present more than one or two examples, 
which will be introduced farther on. 
Before closing this chapter a few other examples, including two from 
northeastern Asia, will be presented for comparison. The first of these 
is the Totonacan count above 10. Unfortunately we have only the 
round numbers. 
Totonaca * 
10. cauh. 
20 puxam. 
30 puxam-a-cauh=20-+-10. 
40 ti-puxam=2> 20. 
50 ti-puxam-a-cauh=2 > 20+-10. 
60 toton-puxam=3 20. 
100 quitziz-puxam=5 20. 
200 co-puxam=10 20. 
400 tontaman. 
1,000  ti-taman-a-co-puxam=2 400-+-10 20. 

1 This incomplete list is gathered from the Vocabulario Opata in Pimentel’s Cuadro, vol. II. 
2The signification of begud in this connection unknown to the writer. 
8 Miguel Tellechea, Compendio Grammatical idioma Tarahumati, p. 7. 
4Conant, Number Concept, p. 205. 
