An example is Gapapaiwa of Milne Bay, with sago ‘one,’ ruwa ‘two,’ aroba ‘three,’ ruwa ma ruwa ‘four’ (literally, ‘two and two’), miikovi ‘five’ (‘hand finished’), miikovi ma sago ‘six,’ miikovi ma ruwa ‘seven,’ and so on. In such systems counting is often limited to relatively small quantities.
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