534 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



The fact that the units from one to nine are not accompanied by these 

 terms must be exphuned by some pecuHarity of the aboriginal mode of 

 counting. We may assume, from the original meaning of these verbs, that 

 the first ten objects counted, as fish, baskets, bulbs, arrows, etc., were de- 

 posited on the ground in a file or row, or aside of each other, and that with 

 the eleventh a new file was commenced, or when the articles were of the 

 proper shape they were piled on the top of the first ten articles. 



These classifiers, which to us aj)pear to be an unnecessary and bur- 

 densome addition to human speech, are not always applied correctly bv the 

 Indians, and are frequently omitted by them. Thus pe-uhipkash is omitted 

 in 54, 13; kshiklapkash incorrectly put in 55, 11, instead of pe-ulapkash. 

 Pe-ulatko is unnecessary in 90, 2, but should stand instead of pe-ula in 'JO, ■>. 



Likla, part. Hklatko, with their distributive forms, as seen in our 

 numeral series, are appended to numerals above ten embodying the single 

 unit after the decade, as 21, 91, 241, etc, and mentioning articles of a cir- 

 cular, globular, annular shape, or objects of a bulky, heavy-looking form. 

 The prefix 1- referring to rounded things only, the meaning of li'kla is "to 

 lay down one rounded thing." We find it used of beans, seeds, fruits, ber- 

 ries, balls, eggs, coins, thimbles, bottles, knives, watches, rocks, stones, 

 boxes, wigwams, and similar objects 



Pe - u I a, part, pe-ulatko, with their distributive forms, are appended to 

 numerals over ten made up of more than one unit after the decad, as 22-29, 

 92-99, etc., and mentioning articles of the same description as given under 

 likla, and in addition to these, persons, animals, and divisions of time. 

 Pe-ula is derived from pewi "to give or bestow many rounded objects" by 

 means of the comiiletive formative suftix -61a, -ula. 



Kshihla or ksikla, part, kshiklatko, with their distributive forms, are 

 apjjended to numerals over ten embodying a single unit only after the 

 decade, as 31, 81, 441, etc., and mentioning a person, an animal or a long 

 object. Kshikla is another derivative of the verb ikla, "to lay down one 

 single animate being or a long object." 



Ikla, part, iklatko, with their distributive forms, are placed after 

 luimerals made up of two or more units after the decade, as 32-39, 42-49, 

 and mentioning a plurality of inanimate objects of a tall, lengthy, or elon- 



