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This method of comparison is however frequently rejected. "it 

 is hotter to-day than it was yesterday" would be literally. 

 1 2 3 4 1 f 3 2 4 



To-day, than yesterday, hot, Tooni jinga shangin asae. 



Pi, attached to some adjectives, and even nouns, signifies bulk or 

 quantity, thus — 



Alin, large. Alin pi, very large. 



A turn, much. Atum pi, very much. 



Mei piim, a firelock. Mei pum pi, cannon. 



Moreover all formidable animals have this affix to their names, as 

 Hum pi, a tiger, Yompi, a hear, Saipi, an elephant. 



Cha is in the same manner used to express a deficiency in adjec- 

 tives and diminutiveness in nouns, as — 



Neo, small. Neocha, very small. 



Nai, near. Naicha, very near. 



Kel, a goat. Kelcha, a little goat. 



Va, a bird. Yacha, a little bird. 



The Kookie mode of numeration is a decimal one, and exceed- 

 ingly simple — 



1. Khut. 6. Goop. 



2. Ni 7. Suggi. 



3. Tlmin. 8. Get. 



4. Li. 9. Ko. 



5. Gna. 10. Som. 

 Som le khut, i. e. ten and one stands for eleven. 

 Som le ni, for twelve and so od . 



20. Som ni. 25. Som ni legna. 



30. Som thiim. 39. Som ttmm le ko. 



50. Som gna. 90. Som ko. 



100. Za khut. 1000. Shang khut. 



There are no regular ordinals in the Kookie language. The word 

 for first or foremost is Amusa, and the place of ordinals is thus 

 supplied. 



First, Amusa. Second, Khutbana, or, after one. 



Third, Nibaua, or, after two, Sfc. Sfc. 



