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Ixt, ikt - One, once, first
moxt -two, a pair kunamoxt - two ("the whole two") klone - three Lakit, lokit - four. But also: klone pe ikt/ixt - four kwinnum, kwinnim - five taghum - six sinamoxt - seven stotekin - eight kwaist - nine tahtlum- ten |
| Tukamonuk, tukamonu - hundred
Tahtlum tukamonuk - thousand. Also hyas tukamonuk - "the great hundred" and thousand - thousand |
| Pe, pee - and, plus, but. Used for forming 'teens, etc. as in
tahtlum
pe ikt - eleven.
This word is of Indian origin, as it is found in several Salishan and other languages with the meaning "as", but note if used as an interjection, even with the meaning "and" and especially at the beginning of a phrase, the source of this usage may be the French of the fur trade era. Most North American dialects of French use "pi" for "puis" as a common interjection, meaning something like "but" or "if" or "then...." or "well.....". |
| Kunsih, kunjih, kunjuk, kunjie - how many (also when)
Kwunnun - a count, numbers Mamook kwunnun - to count Mamook kunsih - to count ("to make how many") |
| Konaway - all, every, everything, all of it
NB different from kahanaway - acorns, nuts in general. Kopa konaway - the whole shebang, the whole damn thing Also clear and away, the whole way out, as far as you can go. Used as a general superlative. Wake, halo - nothing, zero |
| Sitkum - half
Tenas sitkum - a quarter of any number or quantity ("small half") Hiyu, hiu, hyiu - many, lots, a multitude, enough (to go around), plenty Gibbs notes that Jewitt gives hyo as meaning "ten" at Nootka Sound. Tenas hiyu - some, a few Wake hiyu - not many, not much, not enough Kopet - enough Kopet ikt - only one. Kopet moxt - only two, etc. Elip - first, before, best |
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
etc.
Twenty
Thirty
Forty
Fifty
Sixty
Seventy
Eighty
Ninety
Hundred
Two Hundred
etc.
Thousand
Many
Few
Some
Several
Both
Each
None
Half
One-quarter
First
Last
Enough
(Only) One
(Only) Two
etc.
(the) whole
Everything
All
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