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go out ! shoim. 



hair (in general), etshel (Y. at<^ela, 



all short hair), 

 heart, sd-sa (Y. sa-skiu). 

 heaven, mata. 

 hot, poniushk. 

 I, me, iag (Ts. ia). 

 ice, tal. 



knife, a, el (Y. ouila). 

 labial commissure, isha-leke. 

 large, eish (Ts. chaish). 

 lie, a, ZeAe. 

 mamma, i'aw. 

 moon, anien. 

 morning, vanko. 

 mother, tecam. 

 mouth, conken. 



nail, of finger, kaiu (Y. gcdouf). 

 neck, AosseZ (Y. kaouheul, larynx), 

 open, to, diepam. 

 play, to, tal-ld. 

 rain, shen-mush. 

 ready, Ulie-i'eke. 

 I'ed, poweiei. 

 run, to, ua-akka. 



sad, eshen. 



saliva, compe. 



sea, paieke (Y. payaka, or Jiayeca). 



shut, to, ojeme. 



sick, poj^e. 



sister, iS-eke. 



skull, aletaia. 



sleep, to, as7i<e (Y. dshd). 



slowly, 3a-^(?. 



small, tshool. 



smell, to, ke-slionuan. 



smoke, tei. 



snow, ten. 



soon, to -ok. 



sun, anigke (Ts. gengenko), 



thanks ! pe-ieukomiamski. 



thick, kdtetshe. 



thou, you, wa(/ (Ts. ??ia). 



to-day, ma. 



urinate, to, akketten (Y. ouakour). 



vagina, pa-al. 



water, oten. 



weak, tshe-uel. 



winter, sheuke. 



yawn, to, tska-isal. 



It vviil be noticed that the personal pronouns are derived from 

 the Tsoneca, while the words for bow, bowstring and arrowhead 

 are Yahgan. This indicates that this weapon originated with them 

 from the latter element of their population. 



The result of this comparison is to place the Onas nearer to the 

 Yahgans than to the natives of the mainland. They are evidently 

 a mixed people, not an independent stock, physically allied to the 

 Patagonians, linguistically belonging in the main to the Yahgan 

 group. 



Yahgan Vocabularies. 



A few words may be added on the accessible material for the 

 study of the Yahgan language. Its grammar has been made the 

 theme of an able analysis by Mr. Lucien Adam, and a vocabulary 

 has been studied from the translation of the New Testament by Mr. 

 Julius Platzmann. Both these rest on the labors of the English 

 missionary, the Rev. Mr. Brydges. The same is apparently the 



