Brinton.] [March 6, 



TWAKA. TWAKA. 



Man, all Tongue, takL 



Men, mui. Hand, tingki, or tingma. 



Woman, yall, wana. Foot, kallni. 



Sun, ma. House, lioni. 



Moon, waikii. Hill, assam. 



Star, yalla. 1, as, 



Earth, sau. 2, bo. 



Sea, kuma. 3, bass. 



Fire, ku. 4, araunka. 



Water, tcass. 5, singka. 



Head, tunuk. 6, tiesko-as. 



Eye, makpa. 7, tiesko-bo. 



Ear, tappan. 8, tiesko-bass. 



Nose, nangtak. 9, tiesko-araunka. 



Tooth, annak. 10, sallap. 



Mouth, matikpas. 



The word //>.?&? in the numerals 6, 7, 8, 9, is explained as a form 

 of tingki, "hand." The numeral for "five," singka, sounds sus- 

 piciously like the Spanish cinco ; but I find it also in other Ulva 

 dialects. For "twenty" the Twaka expression is mui aslui, " the 

 man one time," i.e., all the fingers arid toes counted at once. 



Their expression of welcome, "How are you?" is parrasta, 

 which explains the name of the Parrastahs, a tribe on the Rio Mico, 

 belonging to the Ulva stock. 



The plural suffix is balna. 



Their term for God, or the Supreme Deity, is Ma papangki, "Sun- 

 father," which indicates that they are, or were, sun- worshipers. 



The Twakas locate the seat of man's life and emotions, not in 

 the heart, as most nations, but in the liver ; and they have in con- 

 mon use such expressions as : 



issmg sawram, liver split = angry. 



issing pini, liver white = kind. 



issing sani, liver black = unkind. 



In this they differ from their neighbors, the Musquitos, who employ 

 in such expressions the word kupia, heart. 



