papita yana kiti purena = 1 of the toes we take.
20.

papita camonee = 1 man.
40.

avanume camonee = 2 men.
60.

apekiva camonee = 3 men, etc.
In all the examples thus far given, 20 is expressed either by the equivalent of "man" or by some formula introducing the word "feet." Both these modes of expressing what our own ancestors termed a "score," are so common that one hesitates to say which is of the more frequent use.

The following scale, from one of the Betoya dialects[79] of South America, is quite remarkable among digital scales, making no use of either "man" or "foot," but reckoning solely by fives, or hands, as the numerals indicate.
1.