wi·yu

Makah

**Makah cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : wi·yu

Etymology

The number for three is quite different in Makah compared to the other South Wakashan languages with examples being the Nookta/Nuu-chah-nulth qačc̓a/qacc̓a and the Ditidaht qakac̓.

Numeral

wi·yu

three

Derived terms

wi·yucx̌i (“have three wives”)
wi·yuc̓iq (“three long objects”)
wi·yu·q (“sixty”)
wi·yu·s (“three residents”)
wi·yučeyaɫ (“three days, Wednesday”)

References

Matthew Davidson, Studies in Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) Grammar (2002)