600 KEPORT— 1892. 



forks, boxes, ice, set one within the other, or of two pairs of breeches, two coats, 

 hats, &c., worn one over the other, ai {di) is used. Examples : — 



na'iman mitii'kinc. There are two rivers. 



,, M'xne. „ „ „ sticks. 



,, itsQld'Eiie. „ „ „ trees. 

 ka'iman li-u'nun. Two teeth. 



na'imatli'ldnc. There are two tracks in the snow. 

 na'imanQu'me. Two logs lying side by side. 



Ordinals. 

 The ordinal numerals are : — 



v'smiJi ; u'smek, first. ithia'haJt ; iM'iyah-d'wusa'ae, third. 



Mso'sd'tl, second. a'nitlnd'hali, fourth. 



These ordinals take the inflectional -s like adverbs. 



The words for ' third ' and ' fourth ' are closely related to Ulltd'hali, ' far, at a 

 distance.' 



Above ' fourth,' and sometimes for all above ' one,' the cardinals are apparently in 

 nse. 



NxjMERAL Adverbs. 



nu'ke'iie nd'"] ...... , ..,.,.. ., 



v'kend' ( once ; na snc nu, twice ; A'atlsa'ne na, three times, &.c. 



In these words nd probably signifies ' here,' ' now.' 

 Another series is : — 



gvkwe'vuil, once. h-d'tlmQd'tlctl, thrice. 



gdsM'tlHl, twice. Qd'EtsaQd'tletl, four times, &c. 



Another : — 



hu'2)dh, the first time ; Mnd'paJt, kvQ'u'2>ak, that one first (?). 

 (tld^ Jul'sendtl, the second time. 



Distributive Numerals. 



goJi' M'ntik, one each. k-U'tlsa kd'ntik, three each. 



gas M'ntik, two each. Qd'stsa kd'ntik, four each, &c. 



Partitive Numerals. 



kd'iydkd'tru ; tfEkuSE'kd, half. 



u'hS tlEtsEkiisB'h-d, one and a half = 5'^ tld M'iydk-a'md, 



PERSONAL PRONOUNS. 



The disjunctive pronouns are : — 



kd'niin, I. ka' mind' tld, we. 



ni'nM, thou. ni'nM'niskc'tl, you. 



ni'nlio'is, he, she. ninkoi'sis, they. 

 7ie = he. 



The word for ' he ' looks like a genitive of ni'nku, ' thou.' 



These pronouns are used where the verb is not expressed, in answer to questions, 

 &c. ; e.g. : — 



ta'aas ni'nko ! you [have said] enough I 



kake'ne i'ntldk ' b'smik kd'min: Says the chicken-hawk, ' I [will go] first.' 



Mdts kd'min ! Not I ! 



The pronoun nr, in the objective case form ni'is, is very frequently used as the 



