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10. quinoi-da = 5 2.

11. cenai-ai-caibo = 1 + (the) hands.

12. dououni-ai-caibo = 2 + 10.

13. coum-ai-caibo = 3 + 10.

14. dekai-ai-caibo = 4 + 10.

15. quin-oibo = 5 3.

16. cenai-ai-quacoibo = 1 + 15.

17. dououni-ai-quacoibo = 2 + 15.

18. coum-ai-quacoibo = 3 + 15.

19. dekai-ai-quacoibo = 4 + 15.

20. quinoui-ai-quacoibo = 5 + 15.

The meanings a.s.signed to the numerals 6 to 9 are entirely conjectural. They obviously mean 1, 2, 3, 4, taken a second time, and as the meanings I have given are often found in primitive systems, they have, at a venture, been given here.

LIFU, LOYALTY ISLANDS.[244]

1. ca.

2. lue.

3. koeni.

4. eke.

5. tji pi.

6. ca ngemen = 1 above.

7. lue ngemen = 2 above.

8. koeni ngemen = 3 above.

9. eke ngemen = 4 above.

10. lue pi = 2 5.

11. ca ko.

12. lue ko.

13. koeni ko.

14. eke ko.

15. koeni pi = 3 5.

16. ca huai ano.

17. lua huai ano.

18. koeni huai ano.

19. eke huai ano.

20. ca atj = 1 man.

BONGO.[245]

1. kotu.

2. ngorr.

3. motta.

4. neheo.

5. mui.

6. dokotu = [5] + 1.

7. dongorr = [5] + 2.