MALLERY.) COMPARATIVE SYNTAX. 485 
I Am HUNGRY, GIVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT. 
(1) Touch the breast with the tips of the extended fingers of the right 
hand-—ZJ, (2) place the outer edge of the flat and extended right hand 
against the pit of the stomach, palm upward, then make a sawing mo- 
tion from side to side with the hand—hunger, (3) place the right hand 
before the face, back upward, and fingers pointing toward the mouth, 
then thrust the fingers rapidly to and from the mouth several times— 
eat. 
ANALYSIS. 
A®-an’-t | pi-hu-ki’um | ..----. 
(1) (2) (3) 
I (have) hunger eat. 
The last sign is so intimately connected with that for hunger, that no 
translation can be made. 
GIVE ME A DRINK OF WATER. 
(1) Place the tips of the index and thumb together, the remaining 
fingers curved, forming a cup, then pass it from a point abont six inches 
before the chin, in a curve upward, backward and downward past the 
mouth—zwater, (2) then place the flat right hand at the height of the 
elbow in front of or slightly to the right of the body, palm up, and in 
passing it slowly from left to right, give the hand a lateral motion at 
the wrist—give me. 
ANALYSIS, 
Shu’-wu-to | do/-i’. 
(1) (2) 
water giveme. 
The following was also obtained by Dr. W. J. HorrMAN from Ta-ta"-ka 
Wa-ka", before referred to, at 
the time of his visit to Wash- 
ington. 
I AM GOING HOME. 
(1) Touch the breast with 
the extended index—J, (2) 
then pass it in a downward 
curve, outward and upward 
toward the right nearly to 
arm’s length, as high as the 
shoulder—am going (to), (8) 
and when at that point sud- Fic. 303. 
denly clinch the hand and throw it edgewise a short distance toward the 
ground—my country, my home. Fig 303. 
ANALYSIS, 
Ma-ko/-ce mi-ta/-wa kin e-kta/ wa-gle’ kta. 
(3) (2) (1) 
Country || myown || the == || to || Igo home || — will. 
