32.3. Lexical suffixes with numbers
| 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.’ |