[The Number Concept by Levi Leonard Conant]@TWC D-Link bookThe Number Concept CHAPTER III 37/103
itacono itoto jamgnar bona tevinitpe = 1 on the hands of another man. In the Guarani[75] language of Paraguay the same method is found, with a different form of expression for 20.
Here the numerals in question are 5.
asepopetei = one hand. 10.
asepomokoi = two hands. 20.
asepo asepi abe = hands and feet. Another slight variation is furnished by the Kiriri language,[76] which is also one of the numerous South American Indian forms of speech, where we find the words to be 5.
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