﻿198 ACCOUNT, &C. 



P'hee, Grandmother. 



Their numbers are reckoned thus : 



Katha, One. 



Neeka, Two. 



Tocmka, Three. 



Leeka *Four. 



RungTika, Five. 



Rooka, Six. 



Sereeka, Seven. 



Rictka, Eight. 



Koaka, Nine. 



Soomka, Ten. 



Br combining the first syllable of Soomka with 

 every intermediate number, as Soomkatka, Soom- 

 neeka, Soom-toot?iko, and so on, they jeckon to twen- 

 ty, which is Roboka. The same combination now 

 takes place with Roboka, the final syllable ka being 

 struck oif ; it goes on Rohokatka, Roboneeka, kc. to 

 thirty, which is expressed by Soomtoomka^ or three 

 tens. Forty is Soomkeka, or four tens ; fifty Soom- 

 rungaka, or five tens ; and so on to a hundred, which 

 is expressed by Rezaka. From Rezaka the final syl- 

 lable ka being struck off, a similar combination, as 

 abo'e, takes place with Neeka, Toomka, &c. to one 

 thousand, called Saungka. The preceding rule of 

 striking off the final ka is observed with Saungha, 

 and thus they go on to hundreds of thousands, be- 

 yond which their ideas of numbers do not extend, as 

 far as could be understood from their having no 

 terms to express them. 



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