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It will be seen at once tliat this system is quinary-vigesimal. It seems doubtful 

 whether iqCilpq, four, is derived from tlie same root as t'Epqu't, two. In live we tind the 

 word for ' hand,' aiw'n, in compounds on (?). Six and seven an- evidently tlie second 

 one and two. In twenty we tind the word ffijat, man. The hundreds are identical 

 with the numerals used in counting men, and here the quinury-ngesimal system is 

 most evident. 



Ordinal Numbers. 



The first has two forms, one for animate, the other for inanimate objects. The 

 following ordinal numbers are formed by means of 7/ff<7«7//(7', • the next to,' and the 

 preceding cardinal numeral, except in the case of the second, when the 'next to the 

 first ' is used. The terminal t which is here attached to tlie cardinal numbers is prob- 

 ably nothing else than the terminal euphonic t spoken of above. 



The first: 

 The second : 



Animate 

 ksk-ii'oq 

 naanhiii' ksk- 



voq 



Innnimate 

 kstso'q 

 naanhifi' kstso'q 



The third . 



once, g'E'rEl. 

 twicr, go'upEl. 

 three times, gutle' 



KuHERAL Adverbs. 



four times, tq.llpq. 

 five times, ketone. 



It will be seen that they are identical with the forms used for enumerating ronnd 

 objects. 



Distributive. 



The distributive numerals are formed by jhe^/e, followed bv the cardinal numeral, 

 for instance, OTie (round) to each : mEtlE g'E'rEl. 



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