_qui_ in the imperative which then takes the
termination of the subjunctive mood, and by means of _no_ in the
subjunctive and infinitive moods, as in the following examples.
Part II. Book II.
Indicative, _Elulan_, I do not give
_Elulaimi_, thou doest not give
Imperative, _Eluquili_, let me not give, &c.
Subjunctive, _Elunoli_, if I do not give, &c.
Infinitive, _Elunou_, not to give, &c.
NUMERALS OF THE CHILESE LANGUAGE.
_Cardinals._
1. _Quigne_ 11. _Mari-guigne_ 21. _Epumari quigne_
2. _Epu_ 12. _Mari-epu_. &c.
3. _Cula_
4. _Meli_
5. _Quechu_
6. _Cayu_
7. _Relghe_
8. _Para_
9. _Aylla_
10. _Masi_
20. _Epumari_
30. _Culamari_
40. _Melimari_, &c.
100. _Pataca_ 102. _Pataca epu_
200. _Epupataca_, &c.
1000. _Huaranca_
2000. _Epuhuaranca_ 2003. _Epuhuaranca cula_, &c.
_Ordinals._
_Unen, Unelelu, Quignelelu, Quignegetu, Quignegentu, Quigmentu, once
Epulelu, epugelu, epugentun, epuntu,_ twice, &c.[55]
[Footnote 55: The translator seems here to have misunderstood the author,
as these ordinal numbers ought surely to signify _first_ and _second_.--E.]
_Numeral Adverbs._
_Quignechi, guignemel, quignemita,_ once
_Epuchi, epumal, epumeta,_ twice, &c.
_Distributives._
_Calique, mallquigne,_ one by one
_Epuque, mollepu,_ two by two, &c.
_Numeral Verbs._
_Quignen_, to be one.
_Quignelian_, to join.
_Epun_, to be two; &c.
_Abstracts._
_Quignegen_, unity.
_Epugen_, duality.
_Culagen_, trinity, &c.
_Indefinites._
_Quignelque_, several.
_Epulgen_, about two.
_Culalque_, about three.
* * * * *
It has not been deemed necessary to repeat a great number of minute
observations given by Molina on this singular language, nor to report
the shades of difference in its dialects. But it has been thought proper
to give a short list of words from the Moluches, a tribe inhabiting
Patagonia, but speaking a nearly related dialect of the Chilese language
with that of the Araucanians.
Vocabulary.
_P'llu_, the soul or a spirit _Autuigh_, the sun, a day
_Lonco_, the head or the hair _Voso_, the teeth or bones
_Az_, the face _Anca_, the body
_N'ge_, the eyes _Pue_, the bel
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