maquanotië

noun. decimal system

Elements

Word	Gloss
maqua	“hand-full, group of five (similar) things; hand (colloquial); closing or closed [hand] (facing down) for taking”
nótië	“*counting”

Variations

• maquanotie ✧ VT47/10

maqua

hand-full; complete hand with all five fingers; a closing of closed [hand] (facing down) for taking; group of five (similar) things

maqua noun "a hand-full; complete hand with all five fingers; a closing of closed [hand] (facing down) for taking; group of five (similar) things"; in colloquial usage also "hand" as a limb (VT47:7, 18-20); dual maquat "group of ten" (VT47:7, 10). Compounded maquanotië = "decimal system" in counting (VT47:10), Lungumaqua "Heavyhand" (VT47:19)

caistanótië

noun. decimal system

Elements

Word	Gloss
caista	“one tenth”
nótië	“*counting”

Variations

• kaistanótie ✧ VT48/11

not-

reckon

not- vb. "reckon" (NOT); compare onot-. Passive participle nótina "counted, reckoned" (FS), nótima "countable" (PE17:68), #notië "counting, reckoning" in maquanotië "decimal system" (VT47:10), variant #nótië in caistanótië of similar meaning (VT48:11).

genedia-

verb. to reckon

nedia

reckoning

(count, number) (i nedia, in nediar). Cited in archaic form ”noedia” = nödia- (LR:378 s.v. NOT). 3) gonod- (i ’onod, i ngenedir = i ñenedir) (count up, sum up), pa.t. gonont

genedia

reckon

1) #genedia- (i **enedia, i ngenediar = i ñenediar), verbal stem isolated from the gerund genediad** (see

genedia

reckon

(i ’enedia, i ngenediar = i ñenediar), verbal stem isolated from the gerund genediad (see