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England by sailors and soldiers whose service led them into the 
Basque provinces, and who, as Jingo, has become a British war-god. 
Jainko is composed of jaun, jain, lord, master, a synonym of jabe, 
hone, bone foni 
ifuku, fuku, clothes fohkah, to dress, nafohka, clothes 
iya, not ik 
kokoro, kokochi, heart, feelings chukush 
kusami, stink kosomah 
mageru, to bend bikullih 
miko, prince miko 
rufu, spread, extend hlapa 
sakebu, to shout shakapah 
sammi, sour homi 
shigei, thick shokkoh 
shimesu, to moisten shummichih 
suteru, to reject shittile-mah 
THE SAME OF CHOCTAW AND BASQUE. 
Choctaw. Basque. 
aluhlika, power al, ahal 
alapalika, beside alboan 
baiullih, march ibilli 
banoh, bat, beka, only banaka, apart, bat, one, bakar, alone 
bikullih, to bend makurtu 
bohpolih, to sling abal, habela, a sling 
bok, river ibai 
bulbahah, to speak strangely barbar 
bushah, cut, mown ebaki, epaitzen 
chahah, high goi 
chipinta, very small chipi, small 
choluk, a hole zulo 
chukush, mind, heart gogo 
chula, a fox azari, acheri 
fala, a crow bele 
hoppih, to bury hobi, a grave 
ibawechih, to help pabeza, help, support 
ik, not eZ 
illi, death, dead il, hil 
imah, to give eman, emaiten 
kaluffih, to scratch karrapo, zarrapo, scratching 
koffona, humpback gupia 
nukillih, to hate nagatu 
okpolusbih, dusky uspel, discoloured by a bruise 
okyuhlih, swim igeri 
: olbul, behind gibel 
olubih, to take forcibly arrapatu 
shauwa, brushwood zapar 
ulah, to come el, hel 
ulla, child aurra 
The Choctaw furnishes an explanation of the Etruscan subulo, a flute player, which I com- 
pared with the Basque chambolin, a player on the tambourine, in the verb olah, olachih, to 
play on an instrument. Thus, ahlepah, being indifferently a drum or a fiddle (I follow the 
lexicon of a native Choctaw, the Rey. Allen Wright), makes alepah olachi, a fiddler, and 
ahlepahboli, adrummer. This olah, olachih, must be the Basque ola, olatu, which now means 
