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THE SERI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 17 



form of the miineral "tvo'', the variants of the stem of -^vhich are as follows: liiib-, 

 hob-, hav-, and hob-. This chaim- changes to cha-, die-, choom-, dm-, diuum-, atijiim-, 

 tcim-, tdil-, di'-, s'-, and tdiung-, while pap'k appears as pop, pap, and papa. The next 

 stem is that of the Tonto hnha (2), which is apparently cognate with the verb lioham, 

 "to set, lie down", like the sun and moon, referring to the fact that when the fingers 

 are "all lying down" the count is "four". The following six terms are apparently 

 cognate with this Tonto form. The Cochimi (I) has already been mentioned. Its final 

 Icooak is the numeral "two", and the prefix, as explained above, signifies "repeated, 

 again, iterated". The next two forms (11) and (III) are apparently composed of the 

 iterative, or rather adi'itive, prefix maya-, "added, over", and a form of the Cochimi 

 nvxmeral "two", ijoguh. The Kiliwi nmol; signifies "lying together, closed", as the 

 fingers, thus .approximating in sense the Tonto ln'iha, above. 



Sertam 



A. kwaetum, kwue-t(nn 

 r>. hnavat'hom, kova-t'hom 

 )kuaotoni, liiao-tom 

 ' I koo^tom, koox-tom 

 D. kouton, koii-ton 



Tiiman 



8. hairrap'k 



6. harabk 



22. herape 



18. herii'pi 

 in. hatabiik 

 11. hiitapa 



2. satabd 

 IV. hwipey (Laymoii) 



11. raugHacogiii 



III. naganna tejueg ignimel =- "one 

 whole hand " 



IV. naganna tejnep -= "one hand" 

 I. nyakivampai 



9. tarliiipa 



7. tharrapa 

 i. sar;ip 

 .5. sarap 



13. sarap 



15. sarap 

 17. sarap 

 24. sarap 



20. saarap 



16. sarrap 

 It. selkhakai 



12. scrap 



21. ser.'ipa 



19. sarapi 



23. sol-chepam 



3. s'rap 



The several forms of the Serian numeral "five" appear to bo derivatives from a 

 common original. There seems to be no doubt that it is a compound expression, 

 meaning "one full, complete (hand)". The final -turn, -t'liom, -torn, and -ton are evi- 

 dently forms of <o'';i;«»i, tohoni, tokxom, meaning "one",while the initial kwue-,liuava-, 

 (kora- in "fifty"), koox-, and kou- are apparently derived from the term kor', occur- 

 ring in ishshax' kov', "full, complete moon". 



In the Yuman list, however, there are several different stems employed to desig- 

 nate the digit "five". The foruis sarap, sertip, harabk, and hairraji'k are clearly 

 variants of a single original. Its literal signification, however, is not so evident, 

 but from the data at hand the inference is warranted that it signifies "entire, 

 whole, complete". In the Mohave of Dr Corbusier hl-aal koiuT-dpa signifies "the 



