The Number Concept - Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant
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10. caya ente, or caya huena = 2 hands.
11. caya ente-tey = 2 hands + 1. 15. toazumba-ente = 3 hands. 16. toazumba-ente-tey = 3 hands + 1. 20. caesea ente = 4 hands. In the last chapter mention was made of the scanty numeral systems of the Australian tribes, but a single scale was alluded to as reaching the comparatively high limit of 20. This system is that belonging to the Pikumbuls,[80] and the count runs thus: 1. mal. 2. bular. 3. guliba. 4. bularbular = 2-2. 5. mulanbu. 6. malmulanbu mummi = 1 and 5 added on. 7. bularmulanbu mummi = 2 and 5 added on. 8. gulibamulanbu mummi = 3 and 5 added on. 9. bularbularmulanbu mummi = 4 and 5 added on. 10. bularin murra = belonging to the 2 hands. 11. maldinna mummi = 1 of the toes added on (to the 10 fingers). 12. bular dinna mummi = 2 of the toes added on. 13. guliba dinna mummi = 3 of the toes added on. 14. bular bular dinna mummi = 4 of the toes added on. 15. mulanba dinna = 5 of the toes added on. 16. mal dinna mulanbu = 1 and 5 toes. 17. bular dinna mulanbu = 2 and 5 toes. 18. guliba dinna mulanbu = 3 and 5 toes. 19. bular bular dinna mulanbu = 4 and 5 toes. |
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