BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 857 



The first pronoun asks of quality witliout reference to limitation. 

 wii'noP- tea' Ina 7ie'niw°- who is that man? 

 wdgund^ jnjdtdyAni what dost thou bring? 



The second pronoun expresses qualitj^ with more of a partitive 

 sense. 



td'natcd I'na ne'niw^f which is the man? where is that man? 

 td'ni lyyd'tdijA^n^f which didst thou bring? where is the thing 

 that thou broughtest? 



The examples show the predicate use of the pronouns. The pro- 

 nouns have also an attributive function. 



wd'nd'"' ne'niw°? what man? Also, who is the man? 

 td'na ne'niw°-? which man? Also, which man of several? 



Numerals (§§ 50-52) 



§ 30, Cardinal J^iitnhers 



The numeral system as exemplified in the form of the cardinals 

 starts with a quinary basis. The cardinals in their successive order 

 are as follows: 



ne'gut^ one 



nl'cw^ two 



ne'sw^ three 



nyd'w^ four 



nyd'uAnw^ five 



ne'gtitwdcVg"' six 



no'Mg"' seven 



ne'cwdci'g^ eight 



cd'g°' nine 



me'ddsw'^\ 



Tcwi'tc^ J 



meddswi'neq'u^P 1 , 

 7- • ,- - .kleven 



medaswinegutines%w^ 



meddswinlcw^ U i 



meddswinicwi'nesl^w' j 



medd' swine' sw^ l.i . . 



7_ . ., _ .Uhirteen 

 medaswmeswi nesvw^] 



TYiedd' swinya^w^ 1 „ 



7- . .. ., _. .fourteen 

 medaswinyawi n esi w^ J 



meddswi'nydnA^7iw^ 1^», 



7- V - V -\ v^hrteen 



TYiedaswi nyanAnwi nesi w^\ 



meddswinequ'twdci''q"' ] . , 



J- ■ ^ - . t, .. /^sixteen 

 medaswinegutwaciga nesiw \ 



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