298 SOME LAWS OF PHONETIC CHANGE 
RULE II. 
THE IROQUOIS REPLACES THE BASQUE m BY an, en, on, AND THE BASQUE b 
BY THE SAME WHEN 0b Is THE EQUIVALENT OF THE CAUCASIAN m. 
Basque. CAUCASIAN. Troquoss. ENGLISH. 
1. mendi mta, Georgian onontes mountain 
suntu, Lesghian 
2. mia, mihia mitz, mas, Lesghian ennasa tongue 
ena, Georgian 
3. bizarra mussur, muzul, Lesghian onwskera beard 
4. burua mier, maar, Lesghian onuwara head 
5. biar, bihar, bigar michar, Georgian enior-hene to-morrow 
6. bizkhar machol, Lesghian ohnaken back 
Note.—ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE RULE IN OTHER LANGUAGES. 
BasQueE AND CAUCASIAN FORMS, IROQUOIS FORMS. 
1. mendia = mahnida, Araucanian ; onontes = suntn, Lesghian; neit, Koriak 
pinujidtsh, Kamtchatdale nenichaha, Choctaw 
2. mia, mas = mutt, motte, Mizjeji ennasa = ena, Georgian; onnor, Yukahiri ; 
neeighjee, Ducotah; yahnohgah, Cherokee ; 
honinee, Pueblos; anongin, Shoshonese ; 
nenetl, Aztec ; ine, Cayububa 
8. bizarra, mussur = musur, Atacameno; onwskera = hannockquell, Shoshonese (chin) ; 
muzul, (hair) huntur, A tacameno 
4. burua, mier, maar —iari, Corean ; anuwara = nahuar-acama, Cayubaba 
marshaa, Ducotah ; moola, Sonora ; 
abara-cama, Cayubaba 
5. biar, michar= myongir, Corean; enior-hene = unhaiel, Yukahiri (morning) ; 
mayyokal, Ywma; miecar, Yuma onnihile, Choctaw (morning); sunahla, 
(morning) ; emukulas, Kamtchatdale Cherokee (to-morrow and morning) ; 
(morning) shiunakshare, Dacotah (to-mnorrow and 
morning); yanrne, Shoshonese (morning) 
6. bizkhar, machol = ushiro, Japanese ohnaken = senaka, Japanese 
RULE III. 
THE IROQUOIS REPLACES THE BASQUE } BY w WHEN 0b IS THE EQUIVALENT 
OF A LABIAL IN THE CAUCASIAN LANGUAGES. 
Basque. CAUCASIAN. IROQUOIS. ENGLISH. 
1. zabala chvallal, chvallase, Lesghian kowanea great 
2. belharra balachi, Georgian wennokera grass 
3. biloac abra, Circassian ahwerochia hair 
RULE IV. 
Tuk TRoQUOIS INSERTS A DENTAL BETWEEN THE BASQUE 7 AND 7. 
Basque. {ROQUOIS. OTrnerR LANGUAGES. ENGLISH. 
1. janari, janhari kanadra kendowan, Koriak bread, food 
2. onerechi, oniritzi endooroohquah anurak, Yukahtri to love 
aindoorookwa noroke, Japanese 
awvonooreh, Yuma 
Roots coIncIDING In BAsQuE AND IROQUOIS. 
BasQueE. TRoquols. OTHER LANGUAGES. ENGLISH. 
1. choria garioha zur, Lesghian ; chiroti, Aymara bird 
2. churia kearagea kiroi, Japanese; shirusa, Loo Choo white 
tchalasa, Lesghian ; yurac, Quichua 
3. zacurra tschierha djogori, Georgian ; tkari, Mizjeji dog 
schari, Shoshonese 
4. hezurra ohskereh ookolah, Cherokee bone 
5. aztala okotara uttur, Lesghian leg 
6. chara geree kullu, Quichua wood, tree 
zuaitz, zuhaitz kaeet hueta, guet, Lesghian 
quahuit, quauitl, Aztee 
7. curciria kawseras gurgur, Lesghian thunder 
urgirgerkin, kyhal, kyigala, Koriak 
kychichlizen, Kamtchatdale 
gurgin, kuchili, Georgian 
jyrajaa, hiloha, Choctuw; aker, Ywma 
