{"collection":"pac","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/pac/ei/ei63.htm","path":"pac/ei/ei63.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/pac/ei/ei63.htm","text":"Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island, by William J. Thompson, [1891]\nIn counting the natives use the fingers of both hands but never the toes.\n1 = Ka-tahi.\n 2 = Ka-rua.\n 3 = Ka-toru.\n 4 = Ka-ha.\n 5 = Ka-rima.\n 6 = Ka-ono.\n 7 = Ka-hitu.\n 8 = Ka-varu.\n 9 = Ka-iva.\n 0 = Aanghuru.\n 10 = Ka tahi te aanghuru.\n 11 = Ka tahi te aanghuru Ka tahi.\n 12 = Ka tahi te aanghuru Ka rua.\n 13 = Ka ta hi te aanghuru Katoru, etc.\n 20 = Ka rua te aanghuru.\n 21 = Ka rua te aanghuru Ka tahi.\n 22 = Ka rua te aanghuru Ka rua.\n 23 = Ka rua te aanghuru Ka toru, etc.\n 30 = Ka toru te aanghuru.\n 31 = Ka toru te aanghuru, Ka tahi.\n 32 = Ka toru te aanghuru, Ka rua.\n 33 = Ka toru te aanghuru, Ka toru, etc.\n 50 = Ka rima te aanghuru.\n 60 = Ka ono te aanghuru.\n 70 = Ka hitu te aanghuru.\n 80 = Ka raru te aanghuru.\n 90 = Ka ira te aanghuru.\n 100 = Ka rau.\n 101 = Ka tahi te rau ma tahi.\n 102 = Ka tahi te rau ma rua.\n 200 = Ka rua te rau.\n 201 = Ka rima te rau ma taki.\n 300 = Ka toru te rau.\n 301 = Ka toru te rau ma tahi.\n 400 = Ka ha te rau.\n 401 = Ka ha te rau ma tahi.\n 500 = Ka rima te rau, etc.\n 1,000 = Piere.\n 2,000 = Ka rua te piere,\n 3,000= Ka toru te piere.\n 4,000 = Ka ha te piere.\n 10,000 = Ka mano.\n 100,000 = Ka peka\n 1.000,000 = Ha ra.\n Over one million, mingoi-ngoi.\nFrom 1 to 10 the syllables are pronounced as one word, in a multiple of ten the words are distinctly separated. A record of numbers was kept by stringing pieces of bulrush together.","title":"Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Numerals","type":"page"}