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and were divided into nineteen subtribes. Their language was 

 ■consonantal, nasal and guttural. The names of the subtribes were 

 of formidable length, as : 



Guiabamaebnayesma. 

 Guiguailyeguaypon. 

 Ycteaguayefiene. 

 Sanguotaiyamoctoc. 



They were characterized by wearing the barbote or labret, and 

 were tall and warlike. 



About 1862, Demersay found them it^ in number, located at the 

 ■Quartel del Cerrito, five leagues from Asuncion, and obtained from 

 them the vocabulary mentioned below. ^ 



Father Azara asserted that the Machicuys spoke a tongue of their 

 own; but D'Orbigny insisted that they were closely related to the 

 Tobas, and hence belonged in the Guaycuru stock. He observes : 

 ''The termination in their tongue of ith, ac and op prove this 

 beyond contradiction."^ 



M. Demersay, in his Histoire du Paraguay (i860), gives a short 

 vocabulary of the " Machicuy " as follows : 



1. Eyes, hartec, 4. Thigh, hehihohoc. 



2. Feet, hemenec. 5. Tobacco, heqtiena. 



3. Fingers, heptehec. 6. Fire, tahasla. 



7. Yes, tahase. 



Lafone Quevedo remarks of this (Tavolini, i, App., p. 19) that 

 he has found no affinities in these words to the Abipon except in 

 one (No. 3). 



A comparison even of these few terms indicates, however, that 

 they are not from the Guaycuru stock, but belong with the Ennima, 

 as: 



MACHICUY. GUANA. 



Eyes, h-artec, gni-actec. 



Feet, /ie??ienec, hemmenec. 



Fingers, he-ptehec, pehec. 



Tobacco, he-quena, henna, tenna. 



Fire, tahasla, tata. 



Another proof is the terminal c {ec, oc), which is doubtless a pro- 



^Le Tottr du Monde, Vol. iv, pp. 108, in. 

 ^ V Homme Americain, Toms ii, p. 94. 



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