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When the noun is used as a verb corresponding to our noun with verbum sub-
stantivum the distributive may be used for forming the plural.

lam a smoker, wa’gpisin, K. uagpisno' gua, H.
we (incl.) are smokers, w2’wagpisints, K. uaau'gpisints, H.
we (excl.) are Europeans. hk?’ omus?'oanth and koe’ hk om ust oanth’, H.

The plural of adjectives with the verbum substantivum is formed in the same way.

dead, t/xl, pl. tlé'tlnl, K.

sick, ts’xgk'a’, pl. tsé’ts’eqka, K. tloqoa'la, pl. tlotlégoa'la, H.

The plural of the verb is formed in the same way (see p. 111).
The genitive is expressed by the preposition 7s, which serves also to connect the
adjective with the following noun :
Na/ntsé’s child, gond'k' is Na'nts?, H.
a large country, h'é'kyas is tskemsk, H.

NUMERALS.
CARDINAL NUMBERS.
IK:
1, nEm. mEn
2, mati. matl
3, yutq. yutq
4, mu. mi.
5, sky’a. sky’a.
6, k:atla’. katla
4, atlibi’. matlaau’s.
8, matlguanatl. yu'tquaus.
9, na/’nEma. ma’mEné,
10, lasti. ai/ky’as.
11, nb/mayi. mEnéegyu.
12, ma’tlagyi. mala/gyi.
13, yu'tqwagyu. yutoa'gyi.
14, mivagyi. mia/gyi.
15, sky’a’gyu. sky’a/gyi.
16, k-atla’gyi.. k-atla’gyi.
17, atlibt’/agyi. matlaau’sgyt. |
18, matlguanatlagyu. yutquau’sgyt.
19, na/nEmagyi. mameEné/agyi. '
20, matlsEmgyustau. mask’mkostéyo or masEmkuisté’ua. i
21, nanEmk:dala. mEné’k’adla. {
22, ma’tladla. matlad/la, |
23, yutqada’la. yutqad’la.
24, mok‘oa0’'la. ,
25, sky’ak‘ad‘la. f
30, yutqsEmgyustau. yitqsuik. J
31, yaitqsEmgyustau himisa nEm. yutqsuk gyigyi muni’k’.
40, mok'suk. :
50, sky’a’ksuk.
60, k-atlai’Hsuk.
70, matso/ukaus.
80, yutqsikaus.
90, ma’ MENEHsi'koa,
100, 1a’/kint o7 nEmpEnya’gi. o/pEnHstais.
200, matl pEnya’gi. matlpEnHstais.
1,000, 1o’qsEmHit. loqsEm Wit.

It appears that in the Kwakiutl dialect eight and nine are formed from two and

one respectively, being two and one less than teh.

In the Héiltsuk: dialect seven

and eight are formed from two and three, as is the case in most languages of British

Columbia.

Nine is derived from one.

for ‘one’ (mun and nem) is very curious.

The numerals take suffixes which denote the objects counted.
suffixes for animate beings, round, long, flat objects, days, fathoms, the numerals

The inversion of the consonants in the words

Besides the class-