astem'thla = all the fingers.
It will be noticed that the Zuni does not say "two hands," or "the fingers of both hands," but simply "all the fingers." The 5 is no longer prominent, but instead the mere notion of one entire count of the fingers has taken its place.

The division of the fingers into two sets of five each is still in his mind, but it is no longer the leading idea.

As the count proceeds further, the quinary base may be retained, or it may be supplanted by a decimal or a vigesimal base.

How readily the one or the other may predominate is seen by a glance at the following numerals: GALIBI.[236] 5.

atoneigne oietonai = 1 hand.
10.