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Adjectives may always be used as verb-stems and so belong to this 

 category. The following are the principal : 



a(Za different got last; also a noun meaning 



yaku middle buttocks 



yu'An big (incorporated yu) qoan much 



taLdju' half qo'na great, mighty 



t!el wet la good 



sget red Igal black 



nao{da) many go'lgal blue 

 gd'da white 

 Nouns like the following may also be used as the stems of verbs: 



yd'uAh clouds glda chief's son 



tdafano fire or firewood td'na sea-water 



na house 

 More often the noun is followed by an auxiliary, and these 

 auxiliaries are used after verb-stems as well, though a few of them 

 may occur as entirely independent stems (see § 18). 



§ 37. Numerals 



The numeral system has become decimal since the advent of the 

 whites, and the word hundred has replaced the original expression 

 that covered that figure ; but the old blanket-count ran as follows : 



1 sgod'nsin 



2 stin s. 



3 Igu'nul 



4 stA'nsin 



5 Le'il 



6 LgA'nul 



7 djlguagd' 



8 sta'nsAhxa 



9 LaAli' ngisgoansV hgo 



10 Ld'Al 



11 Ld' aI wai'gi sgoa'nsin 



12 Ld'Al wai'gi stin 

 20 lA'guat sgoa'nsin 



30 lA'guat sgoansi' hgo wai'gi Ld'al 

 40 lA'guat stin 

 50 lA'guat stin wai'gi Ld'al 

 60 lA'guat Igu'nul 

 100 lA'guat Le'il 

 200 U'guat Ld'Al 



300 lA'guat Ld'Al wai'gi lA'guat Le'il 

 400 lA'guat Ld'Ale stin 

 1000 lA'guat Ld'Ale Le'il 



2000 lA'guat Ld'Ale Ld'al _ 



etc. - _ 



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