Page:Voyage in search of La Perouse, volume 2 (Stockdale).djvu/463

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
APPENDIX.
57
We Yta
We two Yta oua
Walk Momiho
Wind (the) Matangui
Y.
Yawn (to) Mamao, mamaoya
Yellow Mélo
You Coé, haé, hé
Yesterday Anéafi
Yes Io, hio
Numerical Terms.
One Taha
Two Oua
Three Tolou
Four Fa
Five Nima
Six Ono
Seven Fidou
Eight Valou
Nine Hiva
Ten Ongofoulou

To count 20 they repeat the numbers from 1 to 9 inclusive; and when they come to 20 they express it by oua foulou (twice 10); to count 30, after having reckoned 20 in the manner just mentioned, they begin again at 1 and count to 9: thus, tatra, oua, tolou, fanima, ono, fidou, valou, hiva; and to express 30 they say, tolou ongofoulou (three limes 10); to reckon 40 they repeat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; and to express 40 they say faongo foulou (four times 10); thus 50, nima ongofoulou; 60, ono ongofoulou; 70, fidou ongofoulou; 80, valou ongofoulou; 90, hivo ongofou-