The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development

by Levi L. Conant

Encounter Bay.[¹⁷⁷]

1.	yamalaitye.
2.	ningenk.
3.	nepaldar.
4.	kuko kuko	= 2-2, or pair pair.
5.	kuko kuko ki	= 2-2-1.
6.	kuko kuko kuko	= 2-2-2.
7.	kuko kuko kuko ki	= 2-2-2-1.

Adelaide.[¹⁷⁸]

1.	kuma.
2.	purlaitye, or bula.
3.	marnkutye.
4.	yera-bula	= pair 2.
5.	yera-bula kuma	= pair 2-1.
6.	yera-bula purlaitye	= pair 2.2.

Wiraduroi.[¹⁷⁹]

1.	numbai.
2.	bula.
3.	bula-numbai	= 2-1.
4.	bungu	= many.
5.	bungu-galan	= very many.

Wirri-Wirri.[¹⁸⁰]

1.	mooray.
2.	boollar.
3.	belar mooray	= 2-1.
4.	boollar boollar	= 2-2.
5.	mongoonballa.
6.	mongun mongun.

Cooper's Creek.[¹⁸¹]

1.	goona.
2.	barkoola.
3.	barkoola goona	= 2-1.
4.	barkoola barkoola	= 2-2.

Bourke, Darling River.[¹⁸²]

1.	neecha.
2.	boolla.
4.	boolla neecha	= 2-1.
3.	boolla boolla	= 2-2.

Murray River, N.W. Bend.[¹⁸³]

1.	mata.
2.	rankool.
3.	rankool mata	= 2-1.
4.	rankool rankool	= 2-2.

Yit-tha.[¹⁸⁴]

1.	mo.
2.	thral.
3.	thral mo	= 2-1.
4.	thral thral	= 2-2.

Port Darwin.[¹⁸⁵]

1.	kulagook.
2.	kalletillick.
3.	kalletillick kulagook	= 2-1.
4.	kalletillick kalletillick	= 2-2.

Champion Bay.[¹⁸⁶]

1.	kootea.
2.	woothera.
3.	woothera kootea	= 2-1.
4.	woothera woothera	= 2-2.