The Number Concept - Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant
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2. uke.
3. nipetuei. 4. yepkatalet. 5. isig-nisle-yaagit = hand fingers 1. 6. isig-teet-yaagit = hand with 1. 7. isig-teet-uke = hand with 2. 8. isig-teet-nipetuei = hand with 3. 9. isig-teet-yepkatalet = hand with 4. 10. isig-uke-nisle = second hand fingers (lit. hand-two-fingers). 11. isig-uke-nisle-teet-yaagit = second hand fingers with 1. 20. isig-ape-nisle-lauel = hand foot fingers all. In the examples thus far given, it will be noticed that the actual names of individual fingers do not appear. In general, such words as thumb, forefinger, little finger, are not found, but rather the hand-1, 1 on the next, or 1 over and above, which we have already seen, are the type forms for which we are to look. Individual finger names do occur, however, as in the scale of the Hudson's Bay Eskimos,[84] where the three following words are used both as numerals and as finger names: 8. kittukleemoot = middle finger. 9. mikkeelukkamoot = fourth finger. 10. eerkitkoka = little finger. Words of similar origin are found in the original Jiviro scale,[85] where the native numerals are: 1. ala. 2. catu. 3. cala. |
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