1884.] 409 [Brinton 
The ordinal numbers are formed from the cardinal by prefixing the pos- 
sessive pronoun and dropping the final letter. 
ruhu, first. roo, fifth. 
ruca, second. ruvakak, sixth. 
row, third. ruouk, seventh. 
rucah, fourth. ruvakeak, eighth, ete. 
The use of numeral particles is very frequent. TI take the following list 
from Torresano’s Grammar in the order he gives them, 
pwh, for counting words. With this particle the numerals lose their last 
vowel, and vakake its last three letters, as, hupah, capah, oxupah, vakpah, &e. 
rabah, for counting skeins, threads, or things sewed ; hurabah, carabah, 
etc. 
Za, for counting hands, and fives, huxa, caxa, oda, etc. 
quiah, for counting pairs. 
mo, for counting handfuls, or fists. 
lep, for the same. 
q'vh, for counting drops. 
bix, for counting chips and crumbs. 
vie, for counting spoonfuls, 
yacah, for counting large things, as beams, logs,.and weights. 
remah, for counting provinces. 
q/ob, for counting districts. 
qolwh, for counting spherical things, such as eggs, balls, ete. 
cholah or ley, for counting things arranged in order, 
tzeah, or chiah, or quiah, for counting bundles of things tied together. 
chacah, for counting bundles like those of sarsaparilla, tied together. 
ot, for counting shoots and stems of trees, etc. 
telah, for counting armfuls of wood or grass. 
ram, for counting clubs or sticks, 
molah, for enumerating the differences between things. 
twe, for counting high things, as the ceilings of rooms, or the upper 
rooms of a house. 
rap, for counting strokes or blows. 
perah, for counting paper, the leaves of a book, tortillas, or other thin 
articles which are laid one over the other. 
bucah, for counting things that are doubled or folded, as pieces of cloth. 
q’z, for counting sewed sheets or other sewed articles, 
hah, for counting armfuls of woods, sticks, ete. 
yatah, for counting bundles or other tied articles. 
Leteh or borah, for counting small bundles of grass or wood which can 
be carried under the arm. 
cep, for counting sites of villages. 
bolah or Xer, for counting bundles of straw. 
cutah, for counting pieces of sown land. 
tzobah, for counting small patches of corn-land, of good soil. 
PROG, AMER, PHTLOS. 800. XXI. 115, 2z. PRINTED APRIL 8, 1884. 
