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COMPARA.TIVE LEXICOLOGY 



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In the Ynmau list the first fourteen examples of the numeral "eleven" have some 

 form of the digit asi'eiitik (situ, siti, shti, shiti), "one", as the dominant element in the 

 expression, while the elements denoting "added to, more than, plus", are severally 

 as follows: in the first -iiitaiil,', in four others a variant of -giala, in five others the 

 prefix magn- (nmaiga, emmid, mae) ; while in some such a tlexiou Is entirely wanting, 

 probably, at least in a majority of the forms, because of misapprehension on the part 

 of the several collectors rather than the abrasion of use. But in mesiijl-mahla (23) 

 mesigk denotes "one", and maiha "plus, added to ". In the form vie-lltin (14), khin 

 signifies "one", and the prefix «ie-, "plus, added". It will be noticed that the 

 flexion maga {umaiga. mac, emmid) is a prefix to the element "one", and so when 

 shahofjiie, "ten", is expressed as in (4) it stands between the two notional terms. 

 But in (8) neither "ten" nor an element dcnotive of addition is expressed. 



Seriaii 



A. 



B. tauchltociue, tan-chlt-oqui> 



C. 



D. 



Yiimav 



6. havik-nitauk 

 11. hawa-galla 



18. hcwak<"--kwii'hli 

 10. hovak-tialik 

 23. hooak-malha 



1. huwaga-giala 

 21. emmiii-hawa'ka 



13. mae-hewik 

 '). maik-^awik 



19. ua-hoiiki 



2. uave-uake 



14. nie-khvabgushbaib 



20. shahahj^c umai-javic Q=x) 

 4. shahoque inaga liabick 

 8. vaike. 



The only known example of the Seri numeral " twelve " is that which was ncorded 

 by Mr Bartlett. He has apparently misapprehended its true ])ronuuciation, for he 

 wrote tanchl-to-que instead of tanchltakalupie or laiichllakochijue. In his orthography 

 kahom signifies " two ", but the final -ovi is employed only in serial counting, so thai 

 kah- is the stem, which is only a variant of AocAin eansl-kocti, "twenty"; and lunclil 

 signifies "ten". 



In the first six examples of the Vumau list the element "ten" is not expressed, 

 but only some form of the numeral "two", with a suffix denoting "added to, 

 over, more than " ; in the next three the flexion of addition is prefixed to the element 

 "two" ; and in the next two, (19) and (2) re.spectively, the clement "two" is imme- 

 diately preceded by the very abbreviated and perhaps misapprehended forms of the 

 numeral "ten"; in the next a very questionable form is recorded, for it appears to 

 be an attempt to form a compound signifying "two times six ", but without accom- 

 plishing the purpose; yet it nniy be niiswritten for tiio-khoak-eshbe, in which kkoak 

 is the element "two", with a doubled sign of addition, namely, the prefix uio-, 

 already exi)lain('d, and the suflix -cshbe, also exiilained above. In the next two the 

 element denoting "ten" is expressed, with umai-javic and maga habick as the second 

 part, both meaning "two added". The last (8) vaike is a highly modified and proli- 

 ably misapprehended form of an earlier havik-isbe, "two added", with a sub- 

 audition of the numeral "ten". 



