258 ON THE ETHNOGRAPHY AND PHILOLOGY OF THE 
SINGULAR. PLURAL. 
° Ist form. 2d form. 
Good, ali-si-o, ali’-si-iks, ali’-sl-a-wa. 
Lazy, ba-kaps’, ba-kap’-siks, ba-kap’-si-a-wa. 
Bad, ma-kaps’, ma-kap/-siks, ma-kap’-si-a-wa. 
~ Dreadful, ko-ma/-pi, ko-ma/-pisé. 
Ugly, mulh-si-num’, ’ muh-si-num’-i-a-wa. 
Hot, kris-tu’-yi, kris-tu’-yisé. 
7. Degrees of comparison in adjectives are not shown by inflection, but their significa- 
tion is increased or diminished by means of adverbs; as, ki-nai’-ali’-si-o, all good ; itai-mali’-si-o, 
there are none so good; mis+i-poks’-ali’-si-o, beyond good, the best of all. 
8. Adjectives are sometimes formed from nouns by the addition of a syllable ; as, ch’-o- 
tok, a stone, dli-o-tok’-sku, stony; mis-tek’, a rock, mis-tek’-sku, rocky. A more thorough 
knowledge of the language would doubtless multiply these examples. 
9. The cardinal numbers are as follows: 
One, nis’-i. Sixteen, na-a/-ko-put’-o. 
Two, na-tok’. Seventeen, ili-it’-si-ko-put/-o. 
Three, nok. Highteen, na-ni’-si-ko-put’-o. 
Four, ni-su’-i. Nineteen, pih’-si-ko’-put’-o. 
Five, ni’-si-to. Twenty, na-tsi’-po. 
Six, na/-au. } Twenty-one, na-tsi’-po-nit’-si-ko’-put’-o. 
Seven, ih’-it-sih. Thirty, ni-hip’-o. + 
Hight, na-nis’-o. Forty, ni-sip’-o. 
Nine, pili-su’-a. Fifty, nis-it’-sip-o. 
Ten, ki-pu’-a. Sixty, na’-ip-o. 
Eleven, nit’-si-ko-put/-o. Seventy, kit-si’-kip-o. 
Twelve, nat’-si-ko-put’-o. Highty, na-na’-sip-o. 
Thirteen, ni’-ko-put’-o. Ninety, pili’-sip-o. 
Fourteen, ni’-si-ko-put’-o. One hundred, ki-pip’-o. 
Fifteen, ni-sit-si’-ko-put’-o. 
IV. ADVERBS. 
10. Adverbs precede the verbs which they qualify, as, ma-toli’-si-po-ksi-po’-at, he came 
afterwards. The following is a list of the principal adverbs known: 
e-sum/-o, a good while. a-me’-tdlis, above. 
a-sto-ko’-ki, near by. seli’-ta, it may be, perhaps. 
na-to’-tsi, so, likewise, in like manner. ai-sum’-o, long ago. 
ma-toli’-si, afterwards. ali-o-tsi/-ma, in exchange. 
ma-to-ko’-tsi, never. skna’-to-nis, early, soon in the morning. 
mats-ta’-nis-tsit, again, once more. a-pin’-o-k6s, to-morrow. 
