_Řat_, or _řan_ has the same signification as the former in certain verbs. _Rpaè enařap_, hot water. _Hapaeřat enařap_, I heat water. _Laà_, great, large. _Laařařat_, I increase. _Lenechi_, little, small. _Lenechitařat_, I diminish. _Haoatè_, I sleep. _Haoacheřan akíravàlk_, I make a little infant sleep. _Ken_ denotes custom or habit. _Roélakikèn_, he is accustomed to fight. _Aagè_ affixed to the substantives _Lahërek_, work, or _Yaářaiřèk_, knowledge, likewise denotes custom. _Nèoga latènk nañametapek_; _gramackka lahërekaage_, or _Mat yaářaiřèk aage_, he drinks all day: this, to wit, is his occupation; it is his knowledge; in a word his custom. _It_ signifies the material of which any thing is made. _Nichigeherit_ is a cloak made of otters' skins, for _Níchigehè_ is the Abiponian for otter. _Káepèrit_, a place fortified with stakes fixed in the earth, (which the Spaniards call _la palisada_, or _estacada_,) _káepak_, signifying wood. _Hat_ indicates the native soil of certain trees, or fruits. _Nebokehat_, a wood where palms grow. _Neboke_ is a kind of palm. _Nemelkehat_, a field sowed with wheat, which is called _nemelk_. The Guaranies make use of the same compendious expression, substituting _ti_ for the particle _hat_, thus: _Abati_, maize. _Abatiti_, a maize-field. _Petí_, tobacco. _Petíndi_, a place where tobacco is grown. For the sake of the euphony, to which the Guaranies are particularly attentive, _ndi_ is substituted for _ti_. _Ik._ The names of almost all trees end in this syllable. _Apèhe_, the fruit chañar. _Apehìk_, the tree. _Oaik_, the white alfaroba. _Roak_, the red. The trees which produce it, _Oáikik_, and _Roaikik_. Though the alfaroba is also called _Hamáp_. _Řeki_ signifies the vessel, place, or instrument in which any thing is shut up, kept, or contained. _Nařamřeki_, a cup, from _nañàm_, I drink. _Neetřki_ signifies the same thing: for _ñeèt_ and _nañàm_ are synonimous. _Katařanřeki_, an oven, a chafing-dish, from _Nkáatèk_, fire. _Keyeeřánřekì_, a tub in which clothes are washed with soap, for _keyařanřàt_ is their word for soap. _Laỳt_ has almost the same signification as the former particle. _Yabogék laỳt_, a snuff-box, _yabogék_ being Abiponian for snuff. _Ahëpegrlaỳt_, a fold for horses.