THIRTEENTH ORDINARY 
MEETING. 
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COMPARISON OF AZTEC AND CIRCASSIAN FOLKMS. 
ENGLISH. AZTEC. PHONETIC CHANGE. CIRCASSIAN. 
hand mapipi mapipi meppe 
black caputztic caputztic kvatsha 
heavy etic etic ondogh 
sister teicu teicu tsheeyakh 
iad 
6 tepi, teciuapo tepi tabcha, tsheebk 
shoulder tepuztli tepuzli damasha 
smoke poctli poceli, pecri bacha 
lip tenxi-palli tenxi-palli uku-fari 
meat nacatl nacal, nacar mikel 
easy velchiu-aliztli velchiu plese, illesu 
child acatl acal, acar kaala 
boy, son tepil-tzin tepil tshvalye, chvalay 
man tlacatl lacal tle 
blood eztli ezli, ezri tleh, kleh 
dog chichi chichi chhah 
no quixmo kishmo ekesima 
summer xupan shupan gapne (spring) 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
nape, Davotah 
mashpa, Shoshonese 
shupitcat, Dacotah 
yupikha, Shoshonese 
tekay, tekash, Dacotah 
itaku, itakisa, aS 
tshakyhetch, Koriak 
cuhuba, Muysca 
tapsut, Aino 
gepuca, Muysca 
ibusu, Japanese 
kuchi-biru, Japanese 
niku, Japanese 
raku, ee 
errecha, Busque 
arrangya, Yukahiri 
jacuel, Yuma 
akwal-nesuta, Natchez 
kelgola, Kamchatdale 
odel, Basque 
hula, 4ymara 
kahi, Corean 
hetschen, Lesghian 
tofah, Choctaw 
As things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one an- 
other, it follows that, by the application of the same law of phonetic 
change, the vocabulary of the Aztec must coincide with that of the 
Basque, in spite of the fact that these two tongues have main- 
tained a separate existence for some 2500 or 3000 years. 
No- 
thing can more convincingly prove the indestructibility of human 
speech, not only in mere thought-forms but in the ipsissima verba, 
than a comparison of the two vocabularies. 
(ENGLISH. 
sheep 
nose 
rain 
star 
water 
worm 
bad 
mountain 
stone 
ice 
fish 
wood 
bird 
dog 
throat 
old 
evening 
axe 
bread 
bow 
thunder 
Tiver 
earth 
child 
clothes 
knee 
COMPARISON OF AZTEC AND BASQUE FORMS. 
AZTEC. 
icheatl 
yacatl 
quiavitl 
citlalli 
atl 
ocuiloa 
aquallotica 
quautla 
tetl 
cetl 
atlan 
zalli 
tototl 
yzcuintli 
tuzquitl 
veue 
teotlac 
tlateconi 
tlaxcalli 
tlaoitolli 
tlaquaqualaca 
atoyatl 
tlalli 
acatl 
tlatqtl 
tlanquaitl 
INTERMEDIATE Forms. 
kir, Lesghian ; ecaora, Aymara 
zchviri, Georgian ; cher, sodornah, Pueblos 
gvaral, Lesghian ; furi, Japanese 
zirari, Aino; suri, Lesghian 
htli, Lesghian; ul, ur, Yeniseian 
kihigir, Aino ; kuru, Quichua 
whalich, Yuma; achali, Koriak 
gora, Georgian ; kar, Yeniseian 
tol, Corean; kell, Yukahiri 
zer, Lesghian ; chilen, Mizjejt 
ennen, Koriak ; olloga, Yukahiri 
zal, Lesghian; kullu, Quichua 
adjari, zur, Lesghian ; garioha, Iroquois 
aghwal, schari, Shoshonese ; tkari, Mizjeji 
seker, Lesghian; iakwal, Araucan 
vochor ‘S hachooli, Choctaw 
sarrach, Mizjeji ; sonrek, Iroquois 
adaganu, Koriak; atacarte, Yuma 
lagul, Yukahiri; tikaru, Shoshonese 
ratla, Koriak ; gahlotrahde, Cherokee 
yekilkegie, urgirgerkin, Koriak 
uor, chyare, Lesghian ; hahuiri, Aymara 
delchel, Koriak; ratl, Lesghian 
jacuel, Yuma; jali, Yeniseian 
retelkum, paltar, Lesghian 
cconcor, Quichua ; hizanosara, Japanese 
Basque. 
achuri 
sur, sudur 
euri 
izar 
ur 
chicharia 
char, charto 
zerra 
harri 
karroin 
arrain 
zura 
chori 
zacur 
eztar 
agure 
arrax, arrats 
aizkor 
hazkurri 
uztadarra 
ehurzuri 
uharre 
lur 
aur 
aldagarri, aldarri 
zangar 
