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To cxprcfs vegetables they add the word biJic rj:^CKJ after the num-
as,
Po'hone \^j^y a tree ; Po'hoTie letfia pooho Ftdjre jJvj &^ 'O^J^.-
, ^a». Aj fifty trees.
Rooi/ipoot hodooree ^j 4 vs^j; Rconipoot hddooree turn pooho bid^ee ui> ^/w» ^j
a brier ; l^s^-J^^- r^ ^Jj'^^- ^^^^^ briers.
But to all fruits they prefix the word hooa sj> which flgnlfics fruits ; as,
Pefang A>**aj a plantain ; Booapsfinig toojoopoi-oo I'tdjei' y^jj a.^**^} ^yj
/ ^Ju
J*J fcNcnt'- plantains.
Deh'ma A.^jSjCi or hooa delema Booa d^h'tiia dJIupan pooloo o'ldjee w.^>X/tN ^aj
«s^aJuo 84J a pomegranate; /^(_>o J4J ^j!\iCi eighty pomcgniuates.
To cxprefs any thing that grows naturally tliin, they add the particle ley
, J after the number ; as,
Dawon ;j^'»^ a leaf; DawonfatnheJart pooho leyj}^ ^l^^^:VS-**' O^'*^
, J ninety leaves.
Coolit ^^y a fkin, or fliell ; CooUt"ja rdtoos ky ^J !j*-jj'^j Uw c^»/ one
hundred fkins.
number ;
Artificial things that are thin have the word kJp'nig xj^ fct after the
as,
CjrrrJj /wvJjJ' paper ; Cartas dua rdtoos h'ping ^>^-o (j^j^^j 5 «ti U*^-/
two hundred fheets of ])apcr.
Pt'dang ctX>J a fword ; Pedang tega rdtoos kcphig x^ (J^-J^b