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Transactions. 



As an illustration of the above facts, quotations are given in the following 

 table from various vocabularies : — 



ENGLISH Numeral, "Oxe." 



Tahai 



Maori. 



Essa or isso 



Malagasi. 



Eeutu ... 



Ceram. 



Sa or satu 



Malay, 



Tika 



Ret Tee ... 



New Guinea (coast). 

 Taima. 



Sye 

 Sada 



Lamponar... ) o ^ 

 Batta ... ! Sumatra. 



Taci 



Horn Islands. 



Sigi 



Java. 



Taci 



Isle of Cocos. 



Ysa 



Tagala ...\ 



A Tahau ... 

 Tahe 



Friendly Islands. 

 Sandwich Islands. 



Isa 



Isa 



Papango ... >PhLlippiaes. 

 Mindanao ... ) 



Tahi 



A Tahe ... 



Ko Tahe ... 



Society Islands. 

 Marquesas. 

 Easter Island. 



Isse 

 Osu 

 Esa 



Sa%-u (Timor). 

 Papua (New Guinea). 

 Rotti (Timor). 



Ita 

 Ita 

 Itu 



Kissa ... ) rp- 

 Tenimbar...! ^imor. 

 Arru. 



Mesi 



Su 



Coepang (Timor), 

 Keh (Timorlaut). 



Some of the races have a radically different numeral, such as ji^ Kayan 

 (Borneo) ; hijee, Prince's Island (Sunda) ; sigi, Java ; kaou, Isle of Moses ; 

 parai, NTew Caledonia, etc. 



The numeral " two " is expressed by a word radically the same by all the 

 Barata races ; the following of which are examples, showing their variations, 

 such as : — rua, Maori ; rua, Malagasi j dua, Malay ; lorou, Java ; dalova, 

 Tagala ; 6'looa, Ceram ; wa roo, New Caledonia ; looa, Friendly Islands ; 

 E rooa, Otaheite ; ho hooa, Marquesas. Divergence from the above rule is 

 limited, and of which the following are examples : — Etji, Vialo (Timor) ; 

 woror, Kissa ; hare, Tenimbar. 



The numeral " three " is radically similar in all the races, with the exception 

 of Malay and some in Melanesia and the Timor group, as the following 

 examples will demonstrate: — torou, Maori ;. ^wZ^oo, Malagasi; tloo, Acheen ; 

 tulloo, Lampong ; toloo, Batta ; tellou, Rejang ; tallu, Prince's Island ; tullu, 

 Java ; ytlo, Tagala ; atlo, Papango j tulu, Mindanao ; tulloa, Savu ; o toloo, 

 Ceram ; toloa, Isle of Moses ; tolu, New Guinea (coast) ; tolou, Horn Islands ; 

 tulou. Isle of Cocos ; toloo, Friendly Islands ; tooroa, Island of Amsterdam ; 

 torhoa, Society and Sandwich Islands ; toroo, Otaheite ; a toroa, Marquesas ; 

 toroo, Easter Island. 



Examples of radical divergences are as follows : — tiga, Malay ; hior, 

 Papua; wat een, New Caledonia; ekei, Malicolo ; ka liar, Tanna ; utue, Yialo ; 

 wokil, Kissa ; lasi, Arru, etc. 



The numeral "four" has wider acceptance than the numeral three, being 

 similarly expressed by all races, excepting two in Papuanesia and three in the 

 Timor group. The following are examples of the form of expression in its 

 variations : — ffa, Maori ; efar, Malagasi ; ampat, Malay ; paat, Acheen ; 

 ampah, Lampong; oput, Batta; m^pat, Bejang; opat, Prince's Island ; pappat, 

 Java ; apat^ Tagala ; apa^, Papango ; apat, Mindanao ; uppu, Savu ; opatoo, 

 Ceram ; wati, Isle of Moses ; patta, New Guinea (coast) ; ebats, Malicolo ; 



