The Numerals. 23^ 



article in this case, while it has the article I (r) in all the 

 others. For another example see the Enganho numerals in 

 Latham. In Yengen we have (article n) 5 nimn, 6 nimwet, 



7 nimweluh, 8 nimweyen, 9 nimpohits. In Fenua Galaia 



5 djini, 6 tchouo, 7 temhi, 8 ia, 9 toudjo, in which note the 

 ou is French, and the article is s changed to dj, tch, and t. 



In these Fatese and Ambrym numerals the word 5, ima,. 

 to which the article I is prefixed is changed or corrupted 

 into a, u, i, v, and p (lu, li, liv, lip, la). This brings us to 

 observe that the first part of the numerals 6-9 is sometimes 

 this word for 5 without the article. Thus to take Api, the 

 island that lies between Fate and Ambrym, we find 1 tai 

 (ta), 2 tshua, 3 tolw, 4 beri, 5 tshima, which compounded 

 give 6 ari (ora), 7 alua (olua), 8 arolu {orolu), 9 hoveri 

 (pveri), 10 ruelma, 20 twelvalua. In these ima, 5, is cor- 

 rupted to a and o : k in hoveri is an article (§2). Note, 

 tshua and tshima (in neighbouring dialect sima) are for lua 

 (tua) and lim,a (tima), as is proved by the words 7, a-lua, 

 10, ruelma {rue lima), and 20, tiuelvalua (tue lima lua). 

 This change of I (through t or cZ) to tsh is found also, as will 

 be seen, in Malay 7, tuju (ju for dinua, 2). In a Malli- 

 collan dialect in Gabelentz and Latham we have 1 sikai, 

 2, e-ua, 3 e-roi, 4 e-vatz, 5 e-rima, which compounded give 



6 su-kai, 7 whi-u, 8 o-roi, 9 whi-vatz ; in another dialect 

 these are 7 wiu, 8 tuoroi, 9 ohats. In Bauro these are 7 biu, 



8 tuaru, 9 siwa ; in Marata 7 fiu, 8 luharu, 9 tiivha ; in 

 Fiji 7 m^^f', 8 walu, 9 thiwa; and in Maori 7 tuhitu, 8 ^varu, 



9 WJa ; with all which the Malagasy and Samoan are iden- 

 tical. As to sivy (for sim-vy) it is m6 (for im-va) with the- 

 article s, just as Fate lifiti is Mallicollo luhivatz with article- 

 ?, and Api koveri for kim-veri (Ambrym lafar, for linn-far), 

 the same with article ^^ Celebes /vas<x and Sumatra 

 sakoorang have both these articles s and ^', and the latter 

 is for sekim-verang, the final ng being the emphatic (for n) 

 as in Malay samhilan, Java sanga. Forrest's Papuan 

 (N. G.) has store (for sim-veri). With Malagasy sii'^/ are 

 identical Amboyna siiua, sia, Savu sioh, Ternati siyu^ 

 Celebes sio, Sula (ga) tasia, Fenua Galaia toudjo, Bouru 

 eshia, chia, Santo tshiiua, Tagala siyam, Bisaya siam, Java 

 sanga, Mysol si, sin, New Ireland suok. 



4. Let it be noted that Bauro hiu, Marata fiu, Mallicollo 

 whiu, 7, have u, for ua, 2, without the article ; and that 

 Maori whitu, Malagasy and Samoan Jiiu, New Guinea 

 (Marsden) fitaj 7, have tu, or ta, for tua (for lua), or ua, 2, 



