NUMERALS. 



NUMERALS. 



I. — CAKDIXAL XUMBEIiS. 



The aborigines represent cardinal numbers from one to one hundred by a 

 combination of words and signs. 



In the Chaap wuurong language the names for units are : — 



One ... ... Kpep yang gnuurak. 



Two ... ... Puuliit whummin. 



Three ... ... Kartorr. 



Four ... ... Puuliit baa puuliit — two and two. 



Five ... ... Krep mun ya — one hand (outspread). 



Six ... ... Ksep tuUiyter mun'ya — one finger, hand. 



Seven ... ... Keep mun'ya baa puuliit — one hand and two. 



Eight ... ... Kffip mun'ya baa kartor — one hand and three. 



Nine ... ... Ksep mun'ya puuliit baa puuliit — one hand, two and two. 



Ten Puuliit mun'ya — two hands (outspread). 



Between ten, twenty, thirty, and on to one hundred, units are not named, 

 but are indicated by holding out the fingers and thumbs. 



Eleven commences the combination of words and signs, and as there is no 

 name for it, or any number up to and inclusive of nineteen, the word 

 for ten is named and one finger is held out ; for twelve, the same word 

 and two fingers ; for thirteen, the same word and three fingeis ; and so 

 on by words and signs to one hundred. 



Twenty is called kfep mam — one twenty. 



Thirty ... ... Ksp mam, ba puuliit mun'ya — twenty and two hands. 



Forty ... ... Puuliit mam — two twenties. 



Fifty ... ... Puuliit mam, baa puuliit mun'ya — two twenties and two 



hands. 



Sixty ... ... Kartorr mam — three twenties. 



Seventy . . . Kartorr mam, baa puuliit mun'ya — three twenties and two 



hands. 



