172. But there are also formatives for the forming of adverbs, and among them ka-, which makes adverbs of time, is to be regarded as Common IN.
The adverbial formative ka-. Philippines, Tag. : kagabi, " yesterday ", word-base gabi, " night " — Sangir Group, Sangirese: kahěbi, " yesterday " — Celebes, Tontb. : kaawiqi, " yesterday " — Borneo, Day. : katelo, " for (i.e. during, lasting for) three days ", word-base telo, " three " — Sumatra, Mkb.: kapataṅ, "yesterday", word-base pataṅ, "evening"; kini, " now " <ka + ini, word-base ini, " this " — Madagascar, Hova: halina, " last night " <ka+alina— Eastern Border, Bim.: ka-sa-nai, " on one day ".
Note. — The Day. formula katelo, " for three days ", has its pendant in the Mlg. harua, " for two days ", word-base rua. "two".
The Numeral.
173. For the ordinals there is a Common IN formative, namely ka-. The multiplicatives and distributives also have their special formatives in the various individual IN languages, but none of them can be shown to be Common IN.
The formation of the ordinals. Philippines, Bagobo : ka-tlo, "the third" — Celebes, Tontb.: ka-tělu — Borneo, Tar.: katalu — Java, Sund.: katilu — Sumatra, Lampong: katělu — Malay Peninsula, Mal.: ka-tiga, "the third" — Eastern Border, Laoranese: kalima, " the fifth ".
