18S9.] '^'^1 [Brinton. 



AO,man; ara, descendants, gens; atar, family. These are ex- 

 tremely important words, frequently recurring on the sepul- 

 chral inscriptions and at the commencement of proper 

 names; also in the connection clen-ar-, " son (?) of «r-." 

 They constitute one of the strongest points of evidence of 

 the Libyan origin of the Etruscans, for in all the Libyan 

 tribes this syllable at-, ar-, ath or ait, is the sign of tribal 

 kinship, like the Beni of the Arabs. In the dialect of the 

 Guanches it appears with precisely the same form and mean- 

 ing as in Etruscan, at, ad and ar, as the initial syllable of 

 many words.* \\\ the Tuareg we find arach, offspring, etc. 

 All are from an ancient Libyan monoliteral root r, seen in 

 Kab. arou, erou, aor. h'ou, " produire, engendrer," r ai-ach, 

 " tribu," etc.f 



Alpan, an image or statue. This seems to me the most likely 

 meaning of the word. In the Tuareg dialect awan, which' 

 has the same signification, seems a weakened form of the 

 same root. 



ZilaO ; believed by Deecke to be the title of a priest. This is 

 . probable, and connects it with the Kab. zelir, aor. tzia, 

 to sacrifice; the zitaO being the "sacrificer. " 



Ojira, descendants, children (D. and P.) ; brother (Sch.). This is. 

 another striking identity between the Libyan and Etruscan 

 in terms of relationship. It is the Kab. Oerga, Guanche 

 f hu-, as a prefix to the name of a gens. These parallels- 

 confirm the correctness of the rendering of the inscriptions. 



Orafna or Oarf/ia ; a cup or bowl. Compare the Berber tarbut or 

 tarfut, an earthen dish. 



lyic or eyu, means a stone or something of stone ; ceriyu, a stone 

 tomb. The same root seems to appear in Kab. azekka, a; 

 stone tomb. 



Itiio, an Etruscan word preserved by Festus, Avith the meaning " to 

 divide." It seems plainly identical with the Kab. ibdlia, to 

 divide ; Tuareg, itzun, he divided. 



Cver, to give, is not remote from the Kab. root fkr with the same 

 signification. 



* Berthelot, Memoire sur les Guanches, calls especial attention to this linguistic trait as 

 connecting the various Berber tribes. 



t P. Olivier, Dictionnaire Jrancais-kabijle (Le Puy, 1878). I do not much rely on this 

 work, as it lacks critical value. 



rROc. AMER. PHiLOs. soc. XXVI. 130. 3n. printed dec. 11, 1889. 



