Hebrew, Indo-European, and American Words applied to the Physical Senses.
| Hebrew. | Ind.-Europ. & American. |
| N.sh.-b, N.sh.-ph, “To blow.” | Nos (Sclavonic), Nase, &c. (German and other Gothic tongues), Nas-ika (San.) |
| N.sh.-m, “To breathe out,” N.sh.-m.e, “The Breath,” “Man as a Breathing Animal”.[28] | Nas-us, Nas-um (Latin.) “The Nose,” (English.) |
| N.ph.sh, “Breath.” | |
| Ee-n.sh.ou.ph, “A species of Water-fowl remarkable for its Hard Breathing.” |
Applied to Mental and Physical Objects.
| N.sh.-m.e “Breath,” (as above) “Life,” “Soul,” “Spirit.” | No-os, Nou-s, (No.e.No), “The Mind,” (Greek.) N'ioh.Nioues-kou, “The Genius, Spirit, God,” (North American Indian Dialects, as above.) |
| N.ph.sh. “Breath,” “Life,” “Mind,” “A Person or Man,” N.ph.sh-ce, The Pronoun “I.” | N.ph.sh, or Nouvis, “Full of Life or Spirits,” (Welsh.) |
These examples may be concluded with a very remarkable instance of an important word which occurs in every one of the three great divisions of the globe, except America, and is met with in every one of the three regions of Africa.
Words for “Bread.”
Asia.—Buro (Savu Isle, a Malay dialect.)
Africa.—Bouron (Fulahs, North Africa.)
Bourou (Iolofs, Negro-land.)
Bra Bre (Hottentots, South Africa.)