THOMAS] DISCUSSION AND COMPARISONS 923 
The resemblance between the names in each column, except b7re, 1 
in Tarahumari (for which Charencey says he finds the alternate s/ncp7, 
which would be in harmony with the others), and womamnd (2X5), 10 
in Cahita, is at once apparent. This, however, is merely in accordance 
with the recognized aftinity of the first three idioms with the Nahuatl. 
It seems, however, that we look in vain to the Nahuatl names for the 
vehere (vehe-re) as it can not be derived from macutlli (5), matlactli 
(10), or poall/ (20), nor from the names for 5, 10, or 20 in the Opata, 
Cahita, or Tarahumari. The name for 20 in Opata is w77 (se-wr7), which 
signifies ‘‘man;” in Cahita, ¢acawa,; in Tarahumari, osa-macor (2 x 10). 
In these languages the only number name which resembles it is that 
for 3, which is not a divisor. 
Turning to the Shoshonean group we notice the following facts. 
Whether they are sufficient to justify a decision on the point is very 
doubtful; this, however, is left for the reader to determine. The 
following list of the names for 2, 5, 10, and 20 is from Gatschet’s 
Forty Vocabularies.’ 



| 2 a | 10 20 
Southern Paiute | vay | manigi | mashu | voyha-mashu 
| California Paiute | voa-hay | manegi | shuvan voaha-vanoy 
Chemehuevi vay | manuy mashu voyha-mashu 
| Takhtam vurm? ma-hatcham | yoa-hamatch | vyoayva-hamatch 
| Kauvuya vuy namu-kuanon) nami-tehumi | yuys-nami-tehumi 
Tobikhar ve-he mahar | vehes-mahar | hurura-yehe 



In these our term appears in exact and (supposed) modified form, 
but only as the name for 2 even in the composite forms. This is seen 
in the Tobikhar, as appears from the following list: 
Tobikhar 
pu-gu. 8 vehesh-vatcha=2 4. 
2  ve-he. 9 mahar-kabya=5-+4. 
3 pahi. 10 vehes-mahar=2%5 (2 hands?). 
4 va-tcha. 11 puku-hurura=1-+-10. 
5 mahar. 12. vehe-hurura=2--10. 
6 pa-vahe=2X3?. 20 hurura-vehe=102. 
7 vatcha-kabya=4-+3?. 30 hurura pahi=10%3. 
There is an apparent leaning toward the quinary system in one or 
two of the dialects, but this has little bearing on the question. 
When the count rises above 10 it seems that the term used to desig- 
nate this number is changed. The same thing is true in regard to 
numbers in several other idioms of this group. It is possible that we 
have in this fact an indication of change from an older and more 

1 Wheeler Report, vol. vu. 
