_one_ _wa_-geeaing.
_two_ _wa_-roo.
_three_ _wa_-teen.
_four_ _wa_-mbaeek.
_five_ _wa_-nnim.
_six_ _wa_-nnim-geeek.
_seven_ _wa_-nnim-noo.
_eight_ _wa_-nnim-gain.
_nine_ _wa_-nnim-baeek.
_ten_ _wa_-nnim-aiuk.
The Yengen and Lifu vocabularies are not so different but that the _lu_
and _kun_ of the one = the _luk_ and _yen_ of the other, as well as the
_lo_ and _kiuu_ of the second Uea, and the _roo_ and _gen_ of the Balad.
The importance of these non-radical syllables in the numerals has been
indicated by the present writer in the appendix to Mr. M'Gillivray's
'Voyage of the Rattlesnake.' There we find several well-selected
specimens of the languages of the Louisiade archipelago. The fact
of certain affinities between these and the New Caledonian is there
indicated. Each has its prefix. In each the prefix is a _labial_.