BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 637 



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Color-terms, the plural of small, the numerals from two to nine, 

 and the indefinite numerals are used without pronominal prefixes. 

 The color-terms were enumerated among the attribute complements, 

 because they are generally used in that form. gEnE'm small 38.17 

 is used only for plurals. I have found very few cases only in which 

 these words are clearly used as adjectives: 



aqLo'cgam ptcix le' LUWElkLUWidk green mud was taken 30.21 

 lo'lo ikta something round 127.5 

 This is possibly due to the rarity of adjectives, except numerals and 

 a few others in the texts. It woukl seem, however, that in most 

 cases derivatives of these stems are used whenever the substantive 

 or adjective is to be used, for instance: 



ma'nix kd'ltac iLd'yuLll I'Ld'qewain when a shaman only has pride 

 203.18 

 More often nouns with the prefix Ic- the one who has (p. 579) 

 are used to express adjectival ideas. 



ge'Latda a sick one (the one who has its sickness) 196.14 

 The cardinal and indefinite numerals of this class are: 

 mokct two si'namokct seven Tca'nauwe all 



Lon three liSto'xkin eight Tcape't enough 



la'lcit four Icui'tst nine qdmx part 



qui'nEm five ted several manic few 



tE'xETn six 

 All the cardinal numbers of this group when used as distributives 

 take the suffix -mtga; when used as adverbs, they take the adverbial 

 suffix -e. The ordinals are formed by the third person pronominal 

 prefix and the possessive form; for instance, eza' Lon its third one 

 (m.) 217.21, aLd'hon (f.) 211.20; and from these, again, ordinal 

 adverbs, e'LaLone the third time 134.23. Y\lien counting human 

 beings, all these numerals (cardinals as well as indefinite) take the 

 prefix a- and the plural sudlx -Ix. mokct two may also take the dual 

 prefix C-. 



To the groups of indefinite numerals belongs the peculiar form 

 JcariEm each, all, together, which occurs alone only in its distribu- 

 tive form Jcand'mtgEina 157.23, while generally it appears as a prefix 

 of numerals: IcanEmqod'nEm five together 201.22, iJcanEmqoa'nE- 

 milis 176.8. With mokct two it seems to lose its m: skanasmokst 

 BOTH 76.14. In this form it appears also in ka'nawe all. 



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