1865.] 



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[Chase. 



logues which appear to be based upon the idea of simple existence, in 

 any other way than by the hypothesis of a unitary origin. 



If any conclusive traces of such an origin are still discoverable, we 

 may reasonably look for them in the numeral adjectives, and in other 

 words which denote the simplest and most universal ideas, such as 

 being, man, one, I, near. The words that we have instanced may 

 be so easily associated, that it would not surprise us if their originals 

 were all formed by modifications of a single primitive root, and I 

 think the Aboriginal languages of America furnish us with a pretty 

 satisfactory clue to that root, and to some of its earlier transforma- 

 tions. 



We find, for example, Dk.* ug, wagka, to he, war), wagka, wagca, 

 a, one ; Om. ango, we are ; Ch. Yih ko, one, ngo, no, wo, /; L. ego, 

 nos; Ak. ako, one; Y. ako, a male, first (in compound words); Sh. 

 nok, one ; H. anokhi, Cp. anok, Eg. anuk, /; Sha. nicoti, Pa. necat, 

 Po. ngot, Le. nguti or cvati, one ; Sh. niko, near (in inikoyots, to 

 arrive at a place, enikota, to draw tight'); Mn. naka, Cr. hineka. 



* The Indian words are taken from Eiggs' Dakota Dictionary, Halde- 

 man's Analytic Orthography (Trans. A. P. S. Vol. XI), Hayden's Eth- 

 nology and Philology of the Indian Tribes of the Missouri Valley (Ibid. 

 Vol. XII), Gibbs' Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, and Rasle's Ab- 

 naki Dictionary. I am also indebted to Prof. Haldeman's valuable es- 

 say for many Oriental numerals. 



Ab. Arabic. 

 Abn. Abnaki. 

 Ak. Arikara. 

 Ap. Apache. 

 Ar. Arapoho. 

 Arm. Armenian. 

 At. Atsina. 

 Bl. Blackfoot. 

 C. Chinese. 

 Cd. Coordish. 

 C. F. Cape Flattery. 

 Ch. Chippeway. 

 Che. Choctaw. 

 Chk. Cherokee. 

 Ck. Creek. 

 CI. Chaldee. 

 Cn. Chinook. 

 Co. Comanche. 

 Cp. Coptic. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



Cr. Crow. 

 Dk. Dakota. 



E. English. 



F. French. 



G. German. 

 Gb. Grebo. 

 Go. Gothic. 

 Gr. Greek. 

 H. Hebrew. 

 Hb. Irish. 



Hm. Hamitic, or 



Egyptian. 

 Ip. Ipai. 

 Ir. Iroquois. 

 Kn. Kansas. 

 L. Latin. 

 Le. Lenape. 

 Ma. Malay. 

 Mn. Mandan. 



Nd. Nadaco. 



Om. Omaha. 



Os. Osage. 



Pa. Passamaquoddy. 



Pn. Penobscot. 



Po. Potewatemi. 



Pr. Persian. 



Pw. Pawnee. 



S. Sanskrit. 



Sh. Shyenne. 



Sha. Shawanee. 



Sy. Syriac. 



Tm. Tamil. 



W. Welsh. 



Wa. Waco. 



Wl. Wallachian. 



Wy. Wyandot. 



T. Yoruba. 



Yu. Yuma. 



