Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical

by R. G. Latham

English	enemy.
Cherokee	agiskaji.
Seneka	ungkishwauish.
English	mouth.
Cherokee	sinungtaw.
Seneka	swanetaut.
English	something.
Cherokee	kawhusti.
Seneka	gwustah.
English	nothing.
Cherokee	tlakawhusti.
Seneka	tataqwhista.
English	far.
Cherokee	inung.
Mohawk	eenore.
English	conjurer.
Cherokee	atawniski.
Mohawk	ahtoonitz.
English	aunt.
Cherokee	etsi.
Seneka	ahhi.
English	my right hand.
Cherokee	tsikatesixquoyeni.
Mohawk	gowweeintlataquoh.
English	a corn.
Cherokee	kuli.
Seneka	uhkuah.
English	walnut.
Cherokee	sawhi.
Mohawk	oosoquah.
English	horn.
Cherokee	uyawnung.
Seneka	konnongguh.

IV. The Athabaskan group.—I find that the affinity between the Loucheux and the Kenay languages is given by Prichard, who, at the same time, separates both from the Athabaskan. "Mr. Gallatin says that the similarity of languages amongst all these" (i. e. the Athabaskan) "tribes is well-established. The Loucheux are excepted. This language does not appear to have any distinctly marked affinities except with that of the Kenay."—Vol. V. p. 377.

I believe that Dr. Prichard's informant on this point was the same as my own i. e. Mr. Isbister.

Scouler also suggests the same relationship.

That Buschmann has arrived at the results of his Athabaskische Sprachstamm through a series of independent researches I readily believe. Whether, after taking so little trouble to know what had been done by his predecessors, he is right is saying so much about his discoveries is another question.

That the Pinaleno is in the same category with the Navaho is shewn by Turner, who gives a vocabulary of the dialect.

English.	Navaho.	Pinaleno.
man	husttkin	payyahnah.
woman	estsanni	etsunni.
head	betsi
hair	tchlit	setzezil.
ear	tshar	sitzchar.
eye	ninnar	tshindar.
nose	nitchi	chinchi.
hand	shilattaete	chicon.
feet	t'ki	sitzkay.
sun	dacos	yaheye.
moon	'tsadi	ílsonsayed.
star	olcheec	ailsonsatyou.
fire	'tchou
water	'thu	to.
earth	klish	tlia.
stone	tseek	tshaier.

V. The Kitunaha language.—The Kitunaha, Kútani, or Cootanie vocabulary of Mr. Hall was obtained from a Cree Indian, and is not to be depended on. This being the case it is fortunate that it is not the only specimen of the language. There is an earlier one of Mr. Howse's, published in the Transactions of the Philological Society. It is as follows.

English.	Kútani.
one	hook cain.
two	ass.
three	calle sah.
four	had sah.
five	yea co.
six	in ne me sah.
seven	whist taw lah.
eight	waw ah sah.
nine	ky yie kit to.
ten	aye to vow.
an Indian	ah quels mah kin nic.
a man	te te calt.
a woman	balle key.
a shoe	cath lend.
a gun	tah vow.
I	cah min.
thou	lin coo.
he	nin co is.
we (thou and I)	cah min nah lah.
this Indian	in nai ah quels mah kin nic.
that Indian	co ah quels mah kin nic.
these Indians	wai nai ah quels mah kin nic nin tie.
which man?	cath lah te te calt?
which Indians?	cah lah ah quels mah kin nic nin tie.
which gun?	cah lah tah vow?
who	cath lah.
my son	cah mah hat lay.
his son	hot lay is.
he is good	sook say.
it is good	sook kin nai.
he is arrived	swan hah.
I love him	hones sclah kilt.
he loves me	sclah kilt nai.
I see him	hones ze caught.
I see his son	hones ze caught ah calttis.
he sees me	ze caught tene.
he steals	i in ney.
I love him	hones sclah kilt ney.
I do not love him	cah sclah kilt nai.
my husband	can no claw kin nah.
he is asleep	come ney ney.
I am a man	te te calt ne ne.
I am a woman	balle key ne ne.
where?	cass kin?
where is my gun?	cass kin cah tah vow?
where is his gun?	cass kin tah vow is?
a lake	ah co co nook.
how much?	cack sah?
it is cold weather	kis caw tit late.
a tent	ah caw slah co hoke.
my tent	cah ah kit lah.
thy tent	ah kit lah nis.
his tent	ah kit lah is.
our (thy and my) tent	cah ah kit lah nam.
yes	ah ah.
no	waw.
men	te te calt nin tie.
women	balle key nin tie.
girl (in her teens)	nah oh tit.
girls (in their teens)	nah oh tit nin tie.
boy	stalt.
boys	stalt nin tie.
little boy	stalt nah nah.
child	cah mo.
children	cah mo nin tie.
father (by the sons)	cah de doo.
father (by the daughters)	cah sous.
mother	cah mah.
brother, eldest	cah tat.
brother, youngest (by brothers)	cats zah.
brother, youngest (by sisters)	cah ze ah.
sister, eldest	cats sous.
sister, youngest	cah nah nah.
uncle	cath ah.
aunt	cah tilt tilt.
grandfather	cah papa.
grandmother	cah de de.
thy husband	in claw kin nah nis.
my wife	cah tilt nah mo.
thy wife	tilt nah mo nis.
son	can nah hot lay or ah calt.
daughter	cass win.
come here	clan nah.
go away	cloon no.
take care	ill kilt we ín.
get out of the way	you vaw.
come in	tie cath ah min.
go out	sclah nah ah min.
stop	mae kaek.
run	sin nack kin.
slowly	ah nis cah zin.
miserly	o per tin.
beggarly	coke co mae kah kan.
I give	hone silt ah mah tie sis ney.
thou givest	kin nah mah tie zey.
he gives	selah mah tie zey.
he gave	cah mah tie cates.
I beat	hone cah slah tea.
thou beatest	kin cah slah leat.
he beats	kis kilt cone slah leat.
give me	ah mah tie kit sous.
he gave me	nah mah tie kit sap pe ney.
I love you	hone selah kilt ney.
he loves	selah kilt.
do you love me?	kin selah slap?
I hate you	hone cah selah kilt ney.
thou hatest	kin cah selah kilt.
he hates	cah selah kilt.
I speak	hones ah ney.
thou speakest	kins ah.
he speaks	kates ah.
we speak	hones ah nah slah.
you speak	talk e tea leat.
they speak	seals ah.
I steal	hone i he ne.
I sleep	hone come ney ney.
we sleep	hone come ney nah lah ney.
I die	hones alt hip pe ney.
thou diest	kins alt hip.
we die	hone ah o co noak nah slah ney.
give me to eat	he shoe.
eat	he ken.
my gun	cah tah vow.
thy gun	tah vow nis.
his gun	tah vow is.
mountain	ac co vo cle it.
rocky mountain	ac co vo cle it nook key.
snowy mountain	ac co vo cle it ac clo.
road or track	ac que mah nam.
large river	cath le man me took.
small river	hah cack.
creek	nis cah took.
large lake	will caw ac co co nook.
small lake	ac co co nook nah nah.
rapid	ah cah hop cle it.
fall	wheat taw hop cle it.
shoals	ah coke you coo nook.
channel	hah cath slaw o weak.
wood or trees	ah kits slah in.
red pine	he mos.
cedar	heats ze natt.
poplar	ac cle mack.
aspin	ac co co zle mack.
fire	ah kin ne co co.
ice	ah co wheat.
charcoal	ah kits cah kilt.
ashes	ah co que me co.
kettle	yeats skime.
mat tent	tah lalt ah kit lah nam.
head	ac clam.
eyes	ac cack leat.
nose	ac conn.
mouth	ac cait le mah.
chin	ac cah me zin ne cack.
cheeks	ac que ma malt.
hair	ac coke que slam.
body	ac co no cack.
arms	ac sglat.
legs	ac sack.
belly	ac co womb.
back	ac cove cah slack.
side	ac kin no cack.
ears	ac coke co what.
animals	yah mo.
horse	kilt calt law ah shin.
stallion	cass co.
mare	stougalt.
bull	neel seek.
cow	slouke copo.
calf	ah kin co malt.
tiger	s'vie.
bears of all kinds	cap pe tie.
black or brown bears	nip pe co.
grizzle bear	kit slaw o slaw.
rein deer	neats snap pie co.
red deer	kilt caw sley.
moose deer	snap pe co.
woolvereen	ats po.
wolf	cack kin.
beaver	sin nah.
otter	ah cow oh alt.
mink	in new yah.
martin	nac suck.
musquash	an co.
small grey plain wolf	skin koots.
birds	to coots cah min nah.
blue jay	co quis kay.
crow	coke kin.
raven	nah nah key.
snakes (rattlesnake)	wilt le malt.
garter snake	ah co new slam.
roots (camass)	hap pey.
bitter root	nah cam me shou.
tobacco root	mass mass.
sweet potatoes	ah whis sea.
moose berry	ac co mo.
strawberry	ac co co.
pipe	couse.
pipe stem	ac coot lah.
axe	ah coot talt.
tobacco	yac ket.
flesh	ah coot lack.