_one_ naks ná.
_two_ lapit lepl-in.
_three_ mitat mat-nin.
_six_ oi-lak noi-na.
_seven_ oi-napt noi-lip.
_eight_ oi-matat noi-mat.
The meaning of the _oi_ and _noi_ in these words requires
investigation. It is not _five_; the Sahaptin and Cayús for _five_
being _pakhat_ (S.) and _tawit_ (C.). Nor yet is it _hand_ (as the word
for _five_ often is), the word for _hand_ being _epih_ and _apah_. It
ought, however, theoretically to be something of the kind, inasmuch as
_Oi_-lak and _noi_-na = ? + 1.
_Oi_-napt and _noi_-lip = ? + 2.
_Oi_-matat and _noi_-mat = ? + 3.
Of the Shoshoni more will be said in the sequel. At present it is
enough to state that the Shoshoni and Sahaptin languages are as
remarkable for the apparent ease and simplicity of their phonesis as
the Jakon, Kalapuya, and Tshinúk are for the opposite qualities. It may
also be added that the Shoshoni tongues will often be called by the
more general name of Paduca.
South of the Cayús, Waiilatpu, and Wihinast, or Western Shoshonis, come
the languages which are common to Oregon and