Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical

by R. G. Latham

Of the Waikna, Wulwa, Nagranda, and Choretega, samples may be found either in Squier's Nicaragua, or vol. iii. of the Transactions of the American Ethnological Society.

English.		Nagranda.	Choretega.
man		rahpa	nuho.
woman		rapa-ku	n-ahseyomo.
boy		sai-ka	n-asome.
girl		sai-kee	n-aheyum.
child		chichi	n-aneyame.
father		ana	goo-ha.
mother		autu	goo-mo.
husband		a'mbin	'mhohue.
wife		a'guyu	nume.
son		sacul-e	n-asomeyamo.
daughter		saicul-a	n-asayme.
head	{	a'cu	goochemo.
		edi	——
hair		tu'su	membe.
face		enu	grote.
forehead		guitu	goola.
ear		nau	nuhme.
eye		setu	nahte.
nose		ta'co	mungoo.
mouth		dahnu	nunsu.
tongue		duhu	greuhe.
tooth		semu	nahe.
foot		naku	graho.
sky		dehmalu	nekupe.
sun		ahca	numbu.
star		ucu	nuete.
fire		ahku	nahu.
water		eeia	nimbu.
stone	{	esee	nugo.
		esenu	——
I		ic-u	saho.
thou		ic-a	sumusheta.
he		ic-a	——
we		hechel-u	semehmu.
ye		hechel-a	——
they		icanu	——
this		ca-la	——

For the Waikna there are other materials. The Wulwa specimens are few. Hence it may be doubtful whether the real difference between it and the Waikna be so great as the following table suggests.

English.		Wulwa.	Waikna.
man		all	waikna.
woman		y-all	mairen.
son		pau-ni-ma	lupia-waikna.
daughter		pau-co-ma	lupia-mairen.
head		tunni	let.
eye		minik-taka	nakro.
nose		magni-tak	kamka.
mouth		dinibas	bila.
blood		anassca	tala.
all		duwawa	semehmu.
drink		mahuia	bo-prima.
run		dagalnu	bo-tupu.
leap		masiga	bo-ora.
go	{	aiyu	pa-ya.
		icu	——
sing		nagamo	pa-coondamu.
sleep		ami	pa-yacope.

Costa Rica.

The following is from a vocabulary of Dr. Karl Scherzers of the languages of the Blanco, Valiente, and Talamenca Indians of Costa Rica, occupants of the parts between the River Zent and the Boca del Toro. We may call it a specimen of

The Talamenca.—It seems to be, there or thereabouts, as different from the preceding languages as they are from each other.

English.	Talamenca.
ear	su-kuke.
eye	su-wuaketei.
nose	su-tshukoto.
mouth	su-'kuwu.
tongue	es-kuptu.
tooth	sa-ka.
beard	sa-karku mezili.
neck-joint?	tzin.
arm	sa-fra.
hand	sa-fra-tzin-sek.
finger	fra-wuata.
nail	sa-krasku.
sun	kanhue.
moon	tulu.
star	bewue.
fire	tshuko.
water	ditzita.
one	e-tawa.
two	bo-tewa.
three	magna-tewa.
four	ske-tewa.
five	si-tawa.
six	si-wo-ske-le.
seven	si-wo-wora.
eight	si-wo-magnana.
nine	si-wo-ske-tewa.
ten	sa-flat-ka.

The same volume of the Transactions of the American Ethnological Society that supplies us with Mr. Squier's vocabularies for Nicaragua supplies us with Dr. Seeman's for

Veragua.