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with na'na. For ' colt ' the word mi'staku'dUl (in which k-a'dla = horse) is colloquial 

 amongst the young men of the Lower Kootenays. 



Diminutives form their plural and dual as nouns. E.g. :— 



ndii'te na'iia ki'stik, two girls. 

 nau'te na'na ki'ntik, girls. 



NUMERALS. 



1, o'ke ; o'kwe. 24, a'iwOm tla Qa'Etsa. 



2, as ; as. 25, „ „ ie"ko. 



3, k-ii'tlsa; k-a'tlsa. 26. „ „ nmi'sa. 



4, Qa'Etsa. 27, „ „ wista'tla. 



5, ie"ko. 28, „ „ woQa'Etsa. 



6, enmi'sa. 29, „ „ k-aiki'tuwO'. 



7, wista'tla ; wista'tla. 30, katlsa'nuwo. 



8, woQa'Etsa. 31, „ tla o'kwe. 



9, kaiki'tuwo'. 40, Qa'Etsa'nuwo. 



10, e'tuwo' ; i'tuwo'. 41, „ tla o'kwe. 



11, e'tuwo' tla okwe. 50, ieko'nuwo. 



51, „ tla o'kwe. 



60, enmisa'ntiwo. 



61, „ tla o'kwe. 



70, wi'statla'nuwo. 



71 , „ tla o'kwe. 



80, wOQa'Etsa'nuwO. 



81, „ tla o'kwe. 



90, k-aiki'tuwu'nuwu. 



91, ,, tla o'kwe. 

 100, gi'tuwu'nuwu ; e'tuwH'tli'tuwu'- 



nuwu'. 



101, e'tfiwu'tli'tuwii'nuwum tla o'kwe. 

 110, „ „ e'tuwu'. 



120, „ „ a'iwo. 



195, „ „ kaiki'tuwu'nuwum tla ie"k&. 



200, a'sitl(E)i'tuwu'nuwu. 

 300, k'a'tlsa tlEi'tuwu'nuwu. 

 400, Qa'Etsa tlEi'tuwu'nuwu. 

 500, ie"ko 

 600, enmi'sa „ 



700, wista'tla 

 800, woQa'Etsa „ 

 900, k-aiki'tuwo' „ 

 1,000, ki'tuwu'nuwutlEi'tuwu'nuwu ; e'tuwii'niiwutlBi'tuwu'nuwu. 



In certain cases the letter n-, or g- (Ji-), is prefixed to the numerals ; the reason 

 for this is not known. Thus : — 



fjuhi-r iiatd'nilt na'na, one o'clock. 

 QutlQu'iw aqksa'kes ku'hves, he carries one leg. 

 nil site Hi' pine, two are dead. 

 ne'tt'Dvu'ne ni'tlko, ten dollars. 



Regarding the numeral system of the Kootenays, the following remarks may be 

 made. The words for three, four, six, contain a suffix -sa {^-su). Four and eight axe 

 clearly related, the latter being possibly the second lour. In the decades a suflfix 

 •wo (-n-u) is found, which makes it appear that ' twenty,' a'iwo, is ' two tens.* 

 This is confirmed by the fact that a word ai {ai) = ' two ' does really exist, though 

 only in certain phrases and compositions. E.g. ■ — 



Mima'hrvut, two years ; nuHman mitn'kine, there are two rivers, &c. 



In certain locutions : two rivers running into each other, two trees, mountains, 

 side by side; two sticks, and especially when speaking of two plates, cups, pails, 



