On Numerals as Signs of Primeval Unity Among MankindTrübner & Company, 1873 - 94 pages |
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... double kind , affecting not only numerals , but also the names of the members of the body from which those numerals are de- rived , may be detected in languages far removed from each other in position , and will be found in the ...
... double kind , affecting not only numerals , but also the names of the members of the body from which those numerals are de- rived , may be detected in languages far removed from each other in position , and will be found in the ...
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... double forms . In -dshe , -piena , -tsa , and -yo , the terminations of ' six ' , ' seven ' , ' eight ' , and ' nine ' , it is easy to recognise the Dsuku atsu , ' one ' , apiana or piena , ' two ' , atsala or tsala , ' three ' , and ...
... double forms . In -dshe , -piena , -tsa , and -yo , the terminations of ' six ' , ' seven ' , ' eight ' , and ' nine ' , it is easy to recognise the Dsuku atsu , ' one ' , apiana or piena , ' two ' , atsala or tsala , ' three ' , and ...
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... double meaning of the Greek aλs , salt , sea ' , would lead us to identify together the Avekvom etsa , salt ' , and etya , sea ' . Similar African words for ' salt ' are : -yase ( Koama ) , yesa ( Guresha ) , adsi ( Papel ) , and ...
... double meaning of the Greek aλs , salt , sea ' , would lead us to identify together the Avekvom etsa , salt ' , and etya , sea ' . Similar African words for ' salt ' are : -yase ( Koama ) , yesa ( Guresha ) , adsi ( Papel ) , and ...
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... doubles , II , VI , VIII : — I. fito f'ta II . " IJI . mi mu VI . IV . yo ya VIII . Though four ' is the double of ' two ' , yet it could not be obtained by modifying f'ta , ' two ' : for f'ta is itself only a modification of its half ...
... doubles , II , VI , VIII : — I. fito f'ta II . " IJI . mi mu VI . IV . yo ya VIII . Though four ' is the double of ' two ' , yet it could not be obtained by modifying f'ta , ' two ' : for f'ta is itself only a modification of its half ...
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... double of no , whatever no be . in koko - no , nine ' , would be ' eight ' , and thus resolve it- self into ko + ko , ' four + four ' , which would tend to identify ko with the previous yo , ' four ' . If the second na , in na - na ...
... double of no , whatever no be . in koko - no , nine ' , would be ' eight ' , and thus resolve it- self into ko + ko , ' four + four ' , which would tend to identify ko with the previous yo , ' four ' . If the second na , in na - na ...
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