A Botanical and Economic Study, 123 



Notwithstanding Gatschet's positive statement, that there 

 is no connection between the words of the different Pueblo 

 stocks for maize, I cannot forbear comparing the Xuiii ta a or 

 a-ta-a with the Moqui ka-ah. The statement made by Cushing, 

 that the Moquis have words which show that they borrowed 

 a portion of their culture from the Zunis or Keres, is sig- 

 nificant. The Keresan word yatchi, or yaoca, seems to be the 

 primitive form of the Yuma tiyatch (terdich, terditz) ; but too 

 much stress cannot be laid on this curious correspondence of 

 radicals. 



The Uto-Aztecan stock of three distinct branches extended 

 from the Columbia River south to Nicaragua. A list of words 

 for maize in the various families is given : 



Shoshonean Branch. 



Chemelieuvi, hahwib |\V. E. T. . 



Comanche, hunibist (W. E. T.), (Buschmann, [857, 258) 



Moqui {ante). 

 S moran Branch. 



Cahita, bachis (Buschmann, 1854 . 



Cora, yurit (Buschmann, 1854). 



Tarahumara, schunucu, sunu (Buschmann, 1 S54). 



Tepehuana, June (Buschmann). 



Pima, ou-in, 00-on (VV. E. T.), (Buschmann, 1856, 356]. 

 Nahuan Branch} 



\ 



Maize stone, . 

 Tortilla, . . . 

 Ears, .... 

 Hulled maize, 

 Full maize, 

 Unripe maize, 



1 Stoll, Zur Kthnojraphie der Republic Guatemala. Zurich, 1884. 

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