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• 1 2018-07-28T12:34:42-07:00 32.3. Lexical suffixes with numbers 6 plain 2021-07-16T11:37:50-07:00

  ɬxʷáy	‘three people’ or ‘three containers’
  ɬxʷáʔitxʷ	‘three dollars’
  ɬxʷíɬč	‘three plants’
  ɬxʷáw̓txʷ	‘three houses, buildings, rooms’
  ɬxʷáɬ	‘three times’
  ɬxʷɬnát	‘three days’
  ɬxʷíkʷs	‘three of a kind’ (usually living things)
  ɬxʷɬšáʔ	‘thirty’ (three tens)

  
  ► 1 When talking about numbers of people, containers, dollars, plants, houses, times, and days, the number words take lexical suffixes.
  ► 2 The ‘body’ suffix, ‑íkʷs, is used when talking about a number of things of the same kind other than people, containers, dollars, plants, houses, times, or days.
  ► 3 The ‘multiple of ten’ suffix, ‑ɬšáʔ, can be put on any number from three to nine to make the multiples of ten, thirty to ninety. The word for ‘twenty’ is a special form: nəc̓xʷk̓ʷə́s.
  ► 4 These lexical suffixes go only on the roots of numbers one through ten.
  ► 5 The table on the following page summarizes the numbers. You should study this and learn these words now.
  ► 6 Several things need to be mentioned about the items in this table. First of all, look at the words for ‘one person’ and ‘two people.’ These are special forms, náʔc̓uʔ and čáʔsaʔ. They do not have the ‑áy suffix of the other numbers used for people.
  ► 7 In the ‘times’ column, the numbers for ‘one time’ and ‘two times’ are also different from the others. ‘One’ and ‘two’ do not take the ‑áɬ suffix. (By the way, ‘once’ and ‘twice’ in English are also different from ‘three times,’ ‘four times,’ and so on.)
  ► 8 Now look at the first two entries in the ‘tens’ column. The words for ‘one’ and ‘two’ never take the ‘tens’ suffix. There are special words for these. Also note that there is a special word for ‘ten tens’ (‘one hundred’).
  ► 9 If you work through some of the older recordings of Klallam, you may find other lexical suffixes used with numbers. The ones given in the chart are those in current use by Klallam speakers today.
  ► 10 New vocabulary: šə́wi  ‘grow’
  
  Lexical suffixes used with numbers

  	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
  tens	ʔúpən	c̓əxʷkʷə́s	ɬxʷɬšáʔ	ŋəsɬšáʔ	ɬq̓čšɬšáʔ	t̓x̣əŋɬšáʔ	c̓aʔkʷsɬšáʔ	taʔcsɬšáʔ	tkʷxʷɬšáʔ	náč̓əwəč
  kind animals	nəc̓íkʷs	čsíkʷs	ɬxʷíkʷs	ŋəsíkʷs	ɬq̓čšíkʷs	t̓x̣əŋíkʷs	c̓aʔkʷsíkʷs	taʔcsíkʷs	tkʷxʷíkʷs	ʔəpəníkʷs
  days	nəc̓ɬnát	čə́saʔəs	ɬxʷɬnát	ŋəsɬnát	ɬq̓čšɬnát	t̓x̣əŋɬnát	c̓uʔkʷsɬnát	taʔcsɬnát	təkʷxʷɬnát	ʔupənəɬnát
  times	nəc̓áxʷ	cəŋcáŋ	ɬxʷáɬ	ŋəsáɬ	ɬq̓čšáɬ	t̓x̣əŋáɬ	c̓uʔkʷsáɬ	taʔcsáɬ	tkʷxʷáɬ	ʔupənáɬ
  houses	nəc̓áw̓txʷ	čsáw̓txʷ	ɬxʷáw̓txʷ	ŋəsáw̓txʷ	ɬq̓čšáw̓txʷ	t̓x̣ə́ŋuʔtxʷ	c̓uʔkʷsáw̓txʷ	taʔcsáw̓txʷ	təkʷxʷáw̓txʷ	ʔupənáw̓txʷ
  plants	nəc̓íɬč	čsíɬč	ɬxʷíɬč	ŋəsíɬč	ɬq̓čšíɬč	t̓x̣əŋíɬč	c̓kʷsíɬč	taʔcsíɬč	tkʷxʷíɬč	ʔəpəníɬč
  dollars	nəc̓ákʷtxʷ	čsáʔitxʷ	ɬxʷáʔitxʷ	ŋəsáʔitxʷ	ɬq̓čšáʔitxʷ	t̓x̣əŋáʔitxʷ	c̓aʔkʷsáʔitxʷ	taʔcsáʔitxʷ	tkʷxʷáʔitxʷ	ʔəpənáʔitxʷ
  people  containers	náʔc̓uʔ	čáʔsaʔ	ɬxʷáy	ŋəsáy	ɬq̓čšáy	t̓x̣əŋáy	c̓aʔkʷsáy	taʔcsáy	tkʷxʷáy	ʔəpənáy
  	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

  
  

  	čtálə u cxʷ?	‘Do you have money?’
  	ʔuʔhúy ʔuʔ čsáʔitxʷ.	‘Only two dollars.’
  	ʔə́ŋaʔtəŋ cn ʔaʔ cə ʔupənáʔitxʷ.	‘They gave me ten dollars.’
  	ʔə́y̓! hiyáʔ st ƛ̓aʔtáwn.	‘Good! We’ll go to town.’