Numeral systems of Mexico and Central America / by Cyrus Thomas.

  • Cyrus Thomas
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[1901]
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    Trike' 10 chia. 50 ghuixia+chiha=40+10. 11 cha-nha=10+1. 51 ghuixiaa-chanha=40+ 12 chu-iiiha=10+2. 11 (literally 40+10+ 13 cha-nunha—10+3. !)• 14 chi-gaha=10+4. 52 g h u i xiaa-chuuiha=40+ 15 chin66nha=15xl? 12 (literally 40+10+ 16 chin6nhi-ha=15+l. 2). 17 chin6n-huiha=15+2. 60 guanonxiaha=3 X 20 ? 18 chinon-guan6nha=15+3. 61 g u a n 0 n X ia-nia-nha=60 19 chin6n-gaha=15+4. +1- 20 hikoo or kooha. 62 g u anonxia-ghuiha=60+ 21 hikoo-nia-nha=20+l. 2. 22 hikoo-ghuiha=20+2. 70 g u a n 6 n xia-chiha=60+ 30 hikoo-chiha=20+10. 10. 31 hikoo-chan=20+ll (liter- 71 g u a nonxia-chinia-nha= ally 20+10+1. 60+10+1. 32 hiko o-chuuiha=20+12 80 k4axihaa=4x20? (literally 20+10+2). 81 kaaxia-ngoha=80+l. 33 ikoo-chanunha=20+13 90 kaaxia-chiha=80+10. (literally 20+10+3.) 91 kiaxia-chan = 80 +11 40 ghuixiaaha=2 X 20 ? (literally 80+10+1). 41 ghuixia+ngoha=40+l. 100 hfihu-chia=5 X 20. 42 ghuixiaa-ghuiha=40+2. The xiad in the names for 40, etc., appears to be an equivalent of 20. Cahita ^ 10 uo-mamni=2x5. 11 uomamni aman-senu=10+l or 2x5+1- Also, uomamni ama vepa- senu. 20 senu-tacaua=one 20 or 1X20. 40 uoi-tacaua=2x20. 60 vahi-tacaua=3X20. 80 naequi-tacaua=4X20. 100 mamni-tacaua=5x20. 200 uo-mamni-tacaua=10x20 (literally 2X5X20). 400 iio-mamni uosa-tacaua= (2X5) X (2X20)? 500 iio-mamni uosa aman inamni-tacaua=400+100. 600 uo-mamni aiiiaii vahi-si-tacaua=(2x5) X (3X20) 700 uo-mamni vahi-si aman mamni-tacaua=600+100. 800 uo-mamni naequi-si-tacaua=(2x5)X(4X20). 900 uo-mamni naequi-si aman mamni-tacaua=800+100. 1, 000 uo-mamni mamni-si-tac'aua=(2x5) X (5X20). 4, 000 naequi uommamiii mamnistacaua. The author adds the following paragraphs: Some nations [?] say senutacaua or ttesavehere for 20, others say sesavehere for 10, and follow up the count thus, 11 sesavehere aman senu, 12 sesavehere aman noi, etc.; for 20 they say uosaveltere, which is 2 times 10. 1 Franci.sco Belmar, En.sayo sobre Lengua Trike, p. 10. 2Arte Lengua Cahita (anon.), edited by Eustaquio Bnelna, pp. 199.200.
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