314 Languages of the various tribes inhabiting the [April, 



/>eun. Thus, iVbi, a mountain ; Sung, high ; Noi sung leu ^eun, a 

 mountain higher than ally or the highest mountain. 



Numerals. 

 The Khamti numerals are the same as those used by the Siamese. 



1. Nwng. 3. Sam. 5. Ha. 7. Tset. 9. Kau. 



2. Song. 4. S£ 6. Hok. 8. Pet. 10. Sip. 

 After which the ordinals are repeated and compounded. 



11. Sip-it. 



21. Sau-it. 



12. Sip-song. 



22. $au-song, 



13. Sip-sam. 



23. $au-sam, 



14. Sip-si. 



30. Sam-sip. 



15. Sip-ha. 



40. S«-sip. 



16. Sip-hok. 



50. Ha- sip. 



17. Sip-tset. 



100. Pak. 



18. Sip-pet. 



1000. Heng. 



19. Sip-kau. 



10,000. Miin. 



20. &iu. 



1,00,000. Zan. 



Numeral affixes, or as they have sometimes been called, generic 

 particles, are in common use. These particles are affixed to numeral 

 adjectives, and serve to point out the genus to which the preceding 

 substantive belongs. 



To, is the numeral affix applied to animals. When the number to 

 be expressed is one, the generic particle precedes the numeral, as in 

 Tsang to nwng, one elephant ; in every other case it follows the numeral. 



1 2 3 6 5 4 



Mil kaMiiin ma win K«i Sam to an kwa gm. 



1 2 3 4 5 



Last night jackal carried off three fowls. 



2 15 3 4 



Pe wan Zuk on yang song to. 



1 2 3 4 5 



That goat has two kids. 



Uai, is the numeral affix applied to such nouns as leaf, paper, um- 

 brella, &c. 



Nue, is applied to things round ; Thep, and Phen, to flat substances ; 

 Phiin, to pieces of cloth ; Sen, to things having length ; Ho, to bundles, 

 packets and the like ; Lem, to sticks, posts, spears, &c. Khot, to ropes? 

 and such articles that can be coiled up ; and Ban, to villages, hamlets, 

 towns, &c. 



