Re: [tied] Re: Why borrow 'seven'? (was: IE right & 10)

> The higher Yir Yoront are:
>
> '7' yorthelemrr yormart koyrr
> '8' yorthelemrr yormart morrmaq
> '9' yorthelemrr yormart morrmaq
> '10' yorkoyrr
> - a quinary system with a suppletive word for six. (Curious,
> morphemes up to 'six' - someone said that didn't happen!

What I meant was that there is no, or almost no, attested system with
(only) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, many. Cases with bigger systems with 1-6 and the
higher bases monomorphemic are more plentiful, but still of course quite
uncommon.

/Harald