ISBN: 9781459029323

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1817. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... 95,741 Hi''va mdno, ma ni''ma dfe, ma Ji''too gnedoo, ma fa ongoqfooloo, ma tdha: that is, nine ten-thousands, and five thousand, and seven hundred, and four tens,audonc. * It must be observed, that there are two words for ten, viz.: ongnfoo''lou, and 00/00, which may be used indifferently for that number simply; but in combinations the former only can be adopted. For twenty there are also two words, viz. oo''a ongofuo''lou, and oo''afoo''loo, either of which may be employed in combination with the digits. In regard to the number of a hundred, lea''oo, it is never used in the plural, gnea''oo being substituted for it: thus, 200 cannot be expressed by oo''a teu''oo, but oo''a gnedoo. In counting out yams and fish, they reckon by pairs, in the particular method explained in the Vocabulary under the word ticctv. What are called ordinal numbers they express by putting the article he immediately before the uumber: this indeed is one mode of forming the plural (see Nouns), thus: a''ko e to''loo, or a ho he to''loo, means the third day, whilst it also signifies three days: but the sense in most instances sufficiently points out the distinction. In connecting cardinal numbers by the conjunction and, they generally use the word ma instead of mo, except before a''fe, a thousand, when mo is more commonly used. The conjunction ma is, however, never employed but for connecting numbers: on other occasions this word is either the preposition for, or the name of a certain preparation of food. It may appear strange that they have particular names for such high numbers as 10,000, and 100,000, mdno, and gi''luo, for they certainly have no use for them. They often have occasion to count yams to the number of a thousand, or more, and sometimes to the amount of two or three thousand, but neve... William Mariner, Books, History, An Account Of The Natives Of The Tonga Islands In The South Pacific Ocean (volume 2); With An Original Grammar And Vocabulary Of T Books>History, General Books LLC<

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[EAN: 9781459029323], Neubuch, [PU: General Books], BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean (Volume 2); With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language. Compiled and Arranged from the Extensive Communications of Mr. William Mariner, Several Years Resident in Thos, William Mariner<