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§ 27. Numerals 



Numerals precede the nouns with which they occur. The cardinal 

 numbers are: ■ 



Lec[! one na'tslTiuducu' eight 



dex two gucu'k nine 



nats.'Jc three dji'nlcat ten 



daq.'u'n four dji'nJcdt qa Leq! eleven 



Ice'djin five Le'qa twenty 



Le'ducu six natslga dji'nlcat thirty 



daxa'ducu seven Jce'djin qa one hundred 



Ke'djin is formed from Ice up and djin hand; dji'ifikat contains the 

 suffix Teat ACROSS or upon and djin hand; Le'qa is from Leq! one and 

 qa MAN. 



When human beings are referred to, slaves usually excepted, the 

 numeral takes the post-position uax. 



ua' si gin AX qa three men 



Leducu'nAX duke'lk'.i Iias his six nephews 



dex gux two slaves 



The numeral one, however, is sometimes unchanged. 

 yuLe'q! yAtl'yiga wuckik !iye' n bring one of the brothers 

 Leq! atl'yia bring one man 



nAX is also used to form distributive numerals. 



Ordinals are formed from cardinals by means of a final -a. 

 dAxa' the second 

 natslgia' the third 



The first is expressed by cuq!wd'nAX. 



Numeral adverbs are formed by suffixing -daJien. 

 dAxdahe'n ye'yanaqa when he said thus twice 

 dAxdahe'na gu'dawe after she had been twice 



§ 28. Interrogative Pronouns 



The chief interrogative pronouns, also used as relatives, are adu'sa 

 WHO, dd'sa WHAT, and wd'sa what or how. The final syllable sa is 

 separable, however, although never omitted, and ought rather to be 

 regarded as an interrogative particle, though it is perhaps identical 

 with the particle si or Asi referred to in § 18.1. Examples of the use 

 of these pronouns are: 



§§ 27, 28 



