| Negro-land | Loho. |
| Europe.—Welsh | La-o-u. |
| America.—Chippewayans | Lah. |
| Hudson's Bay (“The Hand”) | Tene[195]-Law. |
| (“The Tongue”) | Tene-Thoun. |
Third Modification.
| Negro-land (Allied to the Negro word Loho, “The Hand,” above) | Loco. |
| North America.—Penobscot | Oleechee. |
| Asia.—Tibet | Lag. |
| Georgian | Cheli. |
| Europe.—English (Applied to animals) | Claw. |
| Irish (The Hand) | Glak. |
| Asia.—Ingumian | Kulku. |
Fourth Modification.
| Europe.—Greek (The Hand and Front Arm, the Cubit) | Olē n . ē. |
| N. America.—Pennsylvania | Olœnskam. Alœn-skam. |
| New Sweden. | Olœnskan. Alœnskan. |
Words For “The Tongue.”
In the following Analysis all the South African words, and also all the Negro words of this class, with the exception of “Teckramme,” (probably a compound,) have been shown to be unequivocally connected with important analogous terms in the languages of the other great Continents.
(South Africa,—Tamma Tamme, T'inn.[196]) See these words illustrated among the words for “The Hand.” See also, under the same head, for examples of the principle that the words applied to “The Tongue,” and its Perceptive Functions, are in many, if not in most cases, secondary or Metaphorical applications of words originally applied to “The Hand,” and its Perceptive Functions; as in Tasten, “To grope,” German; “Taste,” applied to the “Palate,” English. The next words present additional examples of the same principle.
Negro-land—Lamai, Lammegue, Lamin, Laming.
Gaelic—Lam, “The Hand;” Greek—Lam-bano, “To take;” Latin—Lam-bo, To lick with the Tongue.