First Modification.
| North America.—Mexico | Tom. |
| North Africa.—Nubia | Tedembeton. |
| Europe.—Welsh (“To feel”) | Teim-law. |
| English | “Thumb.” |
| German (The Thumb) | Daum. |
| Asia.—Hebrew (To perceive, discern, taste) | Tom. |
| Africa.—Hottentots (Tongue) | Tamma, and T'inn. |
| Europe.—English | Tongue. |
There are numerous examples to show that the words for the Tongue and the Taste of the Palate are in many, if not in all cases, terms thus applied in a secondary sense, which, in their primary meaning, were applied to “The Hand,” and its Perceptive Functions. Compare the words which occur hereafter (under “The Names for the Hand.—Class X.”) Tusso, “The Hand” (Negro); Dāst, “The Hand” (Persian); Tast-en, “To grope” (German); “Taste” (English).
The names for “The Hand,” and its Functions, have also given rise to numerous words metaphorically expressive of mental operations, as in the above examples: Tom, “The Hand” (Mexican); Tom, To Taste, To Discern, Discernment, Judgment (Hebrew); Tam-ias, A Judge (Greek); Doom, “Dooms-day” (English).
Second Modification.
| Negro-land | Dinde, Ninde, Nindi. |
| South Africa.—Madagascar | Tangh, Tangam, Tangan. |
| Hottentots | T'unka. |
| Asia.—Malays Tribes on the “Jenisei” River, in Siberia | Tangan, Tögon, Tono. |
| Kamschatka | Tono. |
| North America.—Hudson's Bay. “The Hand” | Tene-law. |
| “The Tongue” | Tene-thoun. |
In these American dialects “Tene” is a general prefix to the names of the senses; “Law” is the distinctive name of the Hand; “Toun” the distinctive name of the Tongue, &c.
| Europe.—English | Tongue. |
| Latin Verbs | Tang-o, Teneo. |
Names of “The Hand.”—Class II.
| South Africa.—Coronas | T'koam. |
| North America.—Poconchi | Cam. |
| Asia.—Hebrew (A Hand-full) | K. m ts. |
| (To grasp, To lay hold of) | K. m. t. |
| Europe.—Welsh (To take) | Kum-meryd. |