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ka'kari grandmother 



Possibly 



tcaii greatgrandmolher 



ko'so'ri small dog 



ka'ori ankle bone 



to'ganda-ri deer (ceremonial word) 



ta white ta'harikain whiteness 



Other possible etymological suffixes or noun combinations are: 



10. -as. 



countenance, face 



groin, barriguita chiquita 



south 

 neck (?) 



morning star (elder brother of mankind) 

 brother-in-law 



A nominal termination -</, (-h) is equivalent to the English ter- 

 mination -//, forming an adjective. 28 



1~. -G, (-k)i adjectival. 



Certain nominal terminations occur with a frequency sufficient 

 to intimate that they may be etymological. 



13. -it, (-id), animate (?). 



ma'vii' puma, lion oit-kam horned serpent, chan 



ho'vid zapote 



kurupit huitacoche lurpit-kam coldness (ichiVp) 



tcuvwi-'t small bird samit tortilla (samta) 



14. -)•, (perhaps animate). 29 



mar child sa'snaT rosa morada 



muvar fly gi'da-wi'ir sascuines 



28 Lower Pima -ya, "be many"; -magui, "be full of". (Smith, op. cit.). 



19 A nominal suffix -ri {-li, -ni) is frequent ia many Sonoran tongues, the suffix being 

 probably cognate to Nahua -Ih {-tl, -li). This Tepecano termination -r may be the same, 

 the final vowel dropped as frequently. 



