268 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. VI. 
ANALYSIS OF INSCRIPTIONS. 
No. [. sz, Japanese adjective, dead. 
kobe, Japanese noun, head. 
shi-ba, Japanese, noun, death, and éa J. place, used as a verb, like the 
Basque 72-72 or zmi-nz ; to put death. 
shibume, ancient compound of J. siz, dead, 4 for buchz to strike, and mi, a 
person ; a death striking person or soldier. 
tobe, ancient form of J. ¢ome-ru, to check, arrest. 
no, J. postpos., of. = 
kum, J. league, company. ’ 
dzuto, ancient comp. of J. dzz, head, and the do of /o-dorz, captain. 
kudzu, for J. kudasht, cause to descend. 
sata-shi, for J. for satan-shz, suru, to be an ally. 
be, Basque, and universal ancient Hittite, postpos., under : not in modern J: 
to, J. band, company. 
No. II. mz, J. honorific prefix, great, reduplicated. 
mukoko, explained in text. 
dzuta, ancient form of J. dz7z-ju, a follower. 
No. Il. makedzu, for J. makashz, to conquer. 
noki, enemy from J. xzkum?, Basque nagatu, to hate. 
yo, original form of J. postpos., yo-77, from. 
nesa, in Benonesa, the Hittite genitive plural : see my Hittites, their Inscrip- 
tions and their History, Vol. I, pp. 68, seq. 
No. IV. satoshita, past of J. satoshz, to instruct. 
kiza, for J. kéza-mz, to engrave, engraving or carving. 
shime, for J. shime-sht, to publish, proclaim. 
eshada or expada, in Basque now means ‘if it is not,” its root being ez, not. 
Its origin seems to be ‘‘to place ano.” There is no analogical word 
poh Me 
stnets?, is also Basque ‘‘to esteem ;”’ J. has shzv7z, to confide in. 
de, J. postpos., on account of, the Basque ad, dzk. 
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No. V. ézshz, J. a soldier. 
sadzushi, for J. sadzwke-ru, to give, hand down. 
mesht-dzushi, for J. meshi, to summon, and ¢svkaz, a messenger or fszz, an 
“interpreter. 
tsumeshita, for J. tsume-ru, to press, in past tense. 
kot, J. and Basque, desire. 
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obe, for J. omo, chief and Basque jaée, lord. 
bahita, for Basque dahitu, to pledge, which seems to be formed of daz, yes 
the J. Aez, anciently fei. 
