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Counting on fingers in mundurucu

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The man demonstrates the counting sequence, which is accompanied by pointing on fingers and toes. Note how he hesitates, even on the word for 5. He first stops there, then recounts, at which point he first says "soat bu" (all fingers) then "cinco" (five in Portuguese), and finally, after being corrected by his son, "pũg põgbi" (one hand). He then goes on to count on the left hand. The expressions that he uses designate his fingers. 6 is "bu axiri ku" (literally "finger thumb here"), 7 is "wuy bu epacuñap" ("our fingers the next one"), etc. He again stops at ten, which he successively calls "xep xep põgbi" (two hands) and "soat pu" (all fingers). He finally counts on his left foot, again naming the successive toes: 11 is "wuy eu' axiri eju" ("our foot toe here"), 12 is "wuy eu'ipidase at" (our foot the toe that one can see"), 13 is ("our foot the middle toe") etc. Note that some expression such as "all fingers" or "soat pu" are ambiguously used for five, ten or fifteen. The rest of the tape shows him and his son checking the sequence of numbers again.
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medihal-01498135, version 1 (29-03-2017)

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Pierre Pica. Counting on fingers in mundurucu. 2012. ⟨medihal-01498135⟩
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