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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Harald Hammarström <haha2581@...>
wrote:

> > 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.

Do you wish to rephrase this 'clarification'. As it stands, the
last sentence does not seem to be true.

Richard.