The Number Concept - Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant
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used in counting where there is no definite object referred to; the second
class is used for counting flat objects and animals; the third for counting round objects and divisions of time; the fourth for counting men; the fifth for counting long objects, the numerals being composed with _kan_, tree; the sixth for counting canoes; and the seventh for measures. The last seem to be composed with _anon_, hand."[139] The first ten numerals of each of these classes is given in the following table: +----+---------+---------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+-------------+ |No. |Counting | Flat | Round | Men | Long | Canoes | Measures | | | | Objects | Objects | | Objects | | | +----+---------+---------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+-------------+ | 1 |gyak gak |g'erel |k'al |k'awutskan|k'amaet |k'al | | | 2 |t'epqat |t'epqat |goupel |t'epqadal |gaopskan |g'alp[=e]eltk|gulbel | | 3 |guant |guant |gutle |gulal |galtskan |galtskantk |guleont | | 4 |tqalpq |tqalpq |tqalpq |tqalpqdal |tqaapskan |tqalpqsk |tqalpqalont | | 5 |kct[=o]nc|kct[=o]nc|kct[=o]nc|kcenecal |k'etoentskan|kct[=o]onsk |kctonsilont | | 6 |k'alt |k'alt |k'alt |k'aldal |k'aoltskan |k'altk |k'aldelont | | 7 |t'epqalt |t'epqalt |t'epqalt |t'epqaldal|t'epqaltskan|t'epqaltk |t'epqaldelont| | 8 |guandalt |yuktalt |yuktalt |yuktleadal|ek'tlaedskan|yuktaltk |yuktaldelont | | 9 |kctemac |kctemac |kctemac |kctemacal |kctemaestkan|kctemack |kctemasilont | |10 |gy'ap |gy'ap |kp[=e]el |kpal |kp[=e]etskan|gy'apsk |kpeont | +----+---------+---------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+-------------+ Remarkable as this list may appear, it is by no means as extensive as that derived from many of the other British Columbian tribes. The numerals of the Shushwap, Stlatlumh, Okanaken, and other languages of this region exist in several different forms, and can also be modified by any of the innumerable suffixes of these tongues.[140] To illustrate the almost illimitable number of sets that may be formed, a table is given of "a few |
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