12 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOT-OGY InuLL.r.s 



Glossary 



PREFATORY NOTES 



A. The comparative glossary given below contains all and only 

 those words for which there is sufficient material available for pur- 

 poses of comparative study. WTiere any reasonable ground exists 

 for suspecting the presence of Yahgan, Onan, or Tehuelchean intru- 

 sions in the Alacalufan vocabularies, the respective equivalents in 

 these languages are given. The Yahgan material has been taken 

 chiefly from" the following sources: Hyades, q; Th. Bridges, p; Platz- 

 mann; Garbe; Spegazzini, c; Despard, h; Bove, & and c; Eizaguirre; 

 Noguera; Fitz-Roy, h. The Ona and Tehuelche words are in the 

 main from Lelimann-Nitsche, d; Beau voir, h; C. Gallardo; List a, h; 

 Segers. 



B. The words are grouped, where feasible, topically and to a certain 

 extent etymologic ally. 



C. The following abbreviations are used for the 15 vocabularies: 

 Be, Beau voir; Bo, Borgatello; Co, Coppinger; Cy, Cyrille; Fe, Fenton; 

 Fi, Fitz-Ro}^; G, La Guilbaudiere; H, Hyades; Ir, Iriarte; Li, Lista; 

 Lu, Lucy-Fossarieu; Se, Seitz; Si, Simpson and Chaigneau; Sk, 

 Skottsberg; Sp, Spegazzini. 



D. It seemed advisable to leave to hands more experienced in 

 linguistics the task of reducing the various lists to a uniform alpha- 

 betic system. It should be borne in mind, therefore, that the words 

 from Cy, Fe, G, H, Lu are to be pronounced as in French; those from 

 Fi, Co as in English; those from Se as in German; those from Bo as 

 in Itahan; those from Be, Ir, Li, Si, as in Spanish. In the plant 

 names from Sp c is pronounced like the Italian c before e and i. Dr. 

 Skottsberg used the following phonetic alphabet: a = a in German 

 Hand; g = e in English get; i = i \n German Kind; y = u in German 

 Gliick; = in German Gott; u = u in English bull; ail = diphthongal 

 au; r is pronounced with the point of the tongue and is a very hard 

 triU; d is the uvular triU like the French r and is sometimes so hard 

 and sharp that it closely resembles h; .T = a very hard Spanish j; 

 i? = surd r;a, e, %, very short, imperfect a, e,i,(i = am. English hand; 

 d = eu in French seul; w = English v), as. in wet; / = English y in yes, 

 but more sibilant; c = a more palatal cli than in English child; § = 

 English sh; ^' = palatalized ;§; (') = aspiration; (-)=length of vowel; 

 (')= principal stress; (:)= secondary stress (Skottsberg, cZ, 606, 614). 



E. In a great many cases, two or more words which may appear at 

 first sight to be different are seen on closer examination to be identical 

 except for the addition or omission of a letter or two. The more 

 common added or omitted letters are: (1) s, sh: e. g,, speak, Bo, Ictei, 

 Sk, l^stW; egg, Bo, iorel, Sk, ]o'ri(§')l; island, Sk, a'lW]ca:rrR, Bo, 

 dl-licdre; spear, Bo, dfdacor, Cy, ioftolyl^arh ; (2) ^% cli: e. g., sun. Bo, 

 drreluk, Sk, arrx-d'luk; hair, Fi,. ay'ii, Si, ayiuk; cheek, II, laUahmfH, 



