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Taru miro, They are all mine. 



Neja guirniino, That is my half. 



Niora muta pu ninda ? Are you going to the shore ? 



Taspo, Yes. 



Ya pu camu, In a little while. 



Mu koi cu pume, Thou hast already seen it. 



Koi cu pume, I have already seen it. 



Uno ! See ! 



Mis upa' ? Where are you going ? 



Umimo nyako, } 



,„ . ,.. > We are out of breath. 



rasi pujimo, ) 



Pangare' manijitare, Be quiet, I will pay you to-morrow. 



Gugapi, koy ujmi, Let us sleep, it is night. 



Bu u si na a , munikako, Get away from here, you sou of a devil ! 



Nim bu' tajo pa'yamo ? What were you doing by the water ? 



Tapame, Be good. 



Motan atima nyumpia, You come on horseback. 



Observations on the Vocabulary. 



Prefixes. — The most frequent prefixes in the vocabulary are 

 nyu and nya. They probably indicate the position of the noun 

 as independent of expressed possessive relations. In the Cha- 

 panec they are also found, but not so commonly. They do not 

 appear to be classificatory particles, as they are prefixed to the 

 names of the most diverse objects. 



Generic Names. — These are quite common, as is frequently 

 the case in American languages, in spite of what has often been 

 said to the contrary. The word nyu-mbu means any large quad- 

 ruped ; nyu\ any insect ; narimu, any kind of wild fruit, etc. It 

 must be rememhered that the genera into which individuals are 

 grouped have a widely different connotation from those to which 

 we are accustomed. 



Cat. — The word for cat, misa, seems identical with the Cak- 

 chiquel mez. In Chapanec it is kitu, reminding one of kitten. 

 As the domestic cat was unknown in America before the dis- 

 covery, these words can probably be traced to some European 

 source. 



