ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 657 
When the noun is used as a verb corresponding to our noun with verbum sub- 
stantivum the distributive may be used for forming the plural. 
Jam a smoker, wa/gpisin, K, uagpisno'qua, H. 
we (incl.) are smokers, u2z'wagpisints, K. waau'gpisints, H. 
we (excl.) are Europeans, kh’ omusi' oanth‘ and hoe! hk Omaust/oanth*, H. 
The plural of adjectives with the verbum substantivum is formed in the same way. 
dead, tlz/, pl. tlétlzl, K. 
sick, ts’zqk-a’, pl. tsz'ts' ugha, K. tlogoa'la, pl. tlotlogoa'la, H. 
iW The plural of the verb is formed in the same way (sce p. 663). 
The genitive is expressed by the preposition is, which serves also to connect the 
F adjective with the following noun: 
_ 
i 
A 
Na’ntsé’s child, gond'h‘ is Na'ntsé, H. 
¢ a large country, h:é'hyas is tsk‘emsh-, H. 
NUMERALS. 
: ' CARDINAL NUMBERS. 
K. 18{. 
1, nEm. MEn. 
2, matl. matl. 
3, yutq. yutq. 
4, mu. mu. 
5, sky’a. sky’a. 
_ 6, katla’. k-atla . 
(ablibm: matlaau’s. 
8, matlguanatl. yu'tquaus. 
9, na’nEma. ma’mEné, 
10, lasti. ai/ky’as. 
11, ne/mayt. mEnéegyi. 
12, ma‘tlagyi. mala’/gya. 
13, ya'tqwagyt. yutoa’gyi. 
14, mi/agyi. mitia/eyt. 
15, sky’a’gyi. sky’a/gyi. 
16, k-atla’gyu. k-atla’gyi. 
17, atlibt’agyi. matlaau’sgyi. 
18, matlguanatlagyi. yutquau’seyi. 
19, na‘nEmagyi. mamEné/agyu, 
20, matlsEmgyustau. 
masE’mkostéyo or masEmkuisté/ua. 
21, nanEmk<dla. 
mEné’kadla. 
22, ma’tladla. matlao’la. 
23, yutqad’la. yutqad’la. 
24, mok:oa0'la. 
25, sky’ak:a0'la. 
30, yutqsEmgyustau. yutqsuk. 
31, yitqsEmgyustau himisa nEm. yutqsuk gyigyi mEnt'k-. 
40, mok'suk. 
50, sky’a’ksuk. 
60, k-atlai’/Hsuk. 
79, matso'ukaus. 
80, yutqstkaus. 
90, ma’ MEnEHst'koa. 
100, 1a’kint or nEmpEnya’gi. o/pEnHstais. 
200, matl pEnya’gi. matlpEnHstais. 
7 1,000, 10’‘qsEmH’'it. loqsEm Hit. 
: It appears that in the Kwakiutl dialect eight and nine are formed from two and 
_ one respectively, being two and one less than ten. In the Héiltsuk: dialect seven 
_ and eight are formed from two and three, as is the case in most languages of British 
Columbia. Nine is derived from one. The inversion of the consonants in the words 
for ‘one’ (mzn and nem) is very curious. 
The numerals take suffixes which denote the objects counted. Besides the class- 
suffixes for animate beings, round, long, flat objects, days, fathoms, the numerals 
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