The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South AmericaBrinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
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The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America
Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
Indians; Indians -- Languages
_Arawak._ _Tapuya._ _Tupi._ _Kiriri._
Man, wadili, { samnaha, } apyaba, klöh.
{ waha, }
Woman, hiaeru, zokna, cunhá, kütsi.
Sun, haddali, taru te mu, curasse, utschih.
Moon, katti, kmuniak, jaçi, cayacu.
Fire, hikkihi, chompek, tatá, issuh.
Water, wuini, muniā, hy, dzu.
Head, krain, canga, tzambu.
Eye, akussi, ketom, tesa, po-nubi.
Ear, adikkehi, nunk-hōn, namby, benjen.
Mouth, uelleru kuhu, nimā, juru, oriza.
Nose, issirihi, kigin, iting, nambih.
Tongue, uejehi, kzigiok, japecong, nunuh.
Tooth, ari, { zhún, } ainha, dza.
{ yune, }
Hand, uekabbu, po, ypo, mnssang.
Foot, ukutti, po, py, bouih.
House, bahü, kjiemm, oka, era, bate.
1, abba, pogik, jebe, bihe.
2, biama, nom, mucuing, wachani.
3, kabbuhin, tscho caorhu, musapui, wachani dikie.
4, bibiti, iapes chacoron, erundi.
5, abbatekabbe, nonhoron.
The four chief stocks of the eastern Amazon region present a fundamental
diversity both in vocabulary and grammar. The Arawak is shown as it is,
as current in Guiana and along the northern affluents of the Amazon;
the Tapuya is in the dialect of the Botocudos, as presented by Dr. Paul
Ehrenreich; the Tupi is the “lingua geral” of Brazil; and the Kiriri is
from the _Arte_ of Mamiani.
In most of the South Atlantic stocks the numerals are imperfectly
developed, all quantities above three being usually expressed by compound
words.
DIALECTS OF THE ARAWAK STOCK.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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