Some of the adjectives formed with particle ma, have another form for ordinary superlative, in doubling their root and disregarding the prefix ma, as from “masiróm” (dark), “masiromsiróm”[41] (very dark).
The excessive superlative is formed with the particle [[35]]uraúra ca placed before the primitive, or the particle ng̃a uraúra located after the root. As,
| from | maasín | (salty) | |
| uraúra ca maasín |  | (excessively salty) | |
| maasín ng̃a uraúra | |||
The idea of the excessive superlative is also expressed sometimes with the particles “lapás ca” (excessively), or with the phrase “dirí sonô hin ca” or “dirì socól hin ca” (out of measure), placed before the primitive, as
- lapás ca maasín
- dirì sonô hin ca maasín
- dirì socól hin ca maasín.
NOTE.—The particles “labi” and “capin” take sometimes the affix an, as
| from | mahúsay | (orderly, beautiful), |
| labínan ca mahúsay | (very beautiful); | |
| from | masáquit | (painful), |
| masáquit ng̃a capínan | (very painful). |
CARDINAL, ORDINAL, PARTITIVE, AND DISTRIBUTIVE.
The cardinal adjectives are the following:
| usá, contracted us, | (one) |
| duhá | (two) |
| tuló | (three) |
| upát | (four) |
| limá | (five) |
| unóm | (six) |
| pitó | (seven) |
| ualó | (eight) |
| siyám | (nine) |
| napulò[42] | (ten) [[36]] |
| napulo cag[43] usá | (eleven). |
| caruhaán[44] | (twenty) |
| catloán | (thirty) |
| cap’atán | (forty) |
| calim’an | (fifty) |
| caúnman | (sixty) |
| capitoán | (seventy) |
| caualoán | (eighty) |
| casiyamán | (ninety) |
| usá ca gatós | (one hundred) |
| duhá ca gatós | (two hundred) |
| usá ca yocót | (one thousand) |
| usá ca ríbo[45] | (ten thousand) |
| usá cagatós ca ribo | (one million), etc. |