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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRIBES OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO 



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Fi, cUfkopcd; neck, H, chelaiM, Sk, hjdu'slerrxdrR; (3) I, in, n, r: 

 e. g., bow, Fi, Mrec-cdna, Bo, Herdcdld; arrow, Bo, dree, drseel, Sk, 

 a'rxkjed; fish, Bo, iauciel, Sk. jcm'cerR; sea. Bo, eidpl, Fi, chah'huel, 

 ehah'huel, H, ehoun-bil; tongue, H, louk-m, Fi, lueMn, Fe, UJceurh', 

 Sk, loJcl; (4) /"; e. g., large, Fi, ow'quel, H, haoufJcil. There are also 

 some instances of reduplication and mel-athesis: e„ g., good, Fe, 

 laip, H, la-laif; eye, Li, ^eZ, H, tetel-6; dog, Fi, sMVoke, H, tpl-oul-eU; 

 cry, Fi, yelFestd, Bo, loJcsda, loskda. It is difficult to assign the 

 causes of these changes. They may be due to mistakes of explorers, 

 to the occurrence of synonyms, to local, dialectic, or individual dif- 

 ferences of pronunciation among the natives, and to Alacalufan rules 

 of word building, a subject on which there is no literature extant. 



F. In the notes appended to the glossary the writer has confined 

 himseK in most cases to directing attention to resemblances without 

 drawing final conclusions. In many cases the resemblance is unmis- 

 takable, while in others it ranges from fairly clear to merely probable 

 or possible. Some of the suggested resemblances no doubt will turn 

 out with fuller knowledge to be only coincidences, and on the other 

 hand some words not so grouped together will prove later in all 

 probability to be really related. 



Group I 



1. Male. Fe,-arak; ' Bo, drek; Sk, drrl\ 



2. Female. Fe,-oualaki; ^ Bo, udlek; Sk, 

 ivd-ldk\ 



3. Man. H, Mkaye, hekaine (=many 

 men); Be, hoiken; Fi, dcFimsh, ackhi- 

 nesh (=many men); G, accheleche;^ 

 Sk, a-k§es, i'ppd * (=wliite man); Fe, 

 yp'pa; Bo, {pa(=IndiaH man), pdllieri,'' 

 pelieri; Li, pellieri; Duclos-Guyot, pach- 

 pache-ve; Cevallos, pissiri. 



4. Woman. H, ayekalabich; Bo, doik- 

 culesc ^ (=old woman); G, accheletep 

 coqueliche (=old woman); Fi, atlardbish, 

 ack'handsh; Se, wischkuna; H, ekinech, 

 giparch; Fe, ypa^elis;'^ Sk, ippdS'elis 

 (=white woman), dirks'; Bo, seels, 

 scirkl (=wife), scerkrs (=woman or 

 wife); Ir, yagsak; Li, esnatun. 



5. Husband. H, Mrr; Fi, ar'nh; Bo, 

 cidldkl, kuel-clocui, caulukUr (=to be 

 born) . 



6. Wife. H, elouchelouka; Fi, ashwa'llHh; 

 Sk, kjau'ja;^ Bo, kiduya (=married 

 woman), chiduiakui (=marriage), chi- 

 duidtdi (="sposa"=bride or wife). 



7. Old man. H, kir-arouarh, kaouach 

 (=grand father); Fi, ker'owish, cowish or 

 caumsh (= grandfather); G, accheleche 

 coyquep; Bo, orchep, terueja,^ termed or 

 dfg chidusesc or cieddr (=grandfather). 



8. Old woman. Bo, terueja seels, terues- 

 dkise, dfg chidusesc (= grand mother); 

 H, kiouchaileou ( =grandmother) ; Fi, 

 caUshillish (= grand mother). 



9. Uncle. Bo, ciek-queico, cidcuicuo, ici- 

 rcdscesc, ciek-cueico (=relatives), cek- 

 cueico (=brother-in-law), ciecidr. 



1 Of. 5, H, Fi; arh in 7, H; arR i\ 10, Sk; ar in 10, 

 Bo. 



2 Of. elouka in 6, H; walluk in 6, Fi. 



3 Cf. 4, H, Bo, G, Fi, H. 

 * Cf. 4, Fe, Sk. 



5 Cf. 14, H, Fi. 



6 The combinations Z-fc and l-lc-l occur in many of 

 the above words in 2, 4, 6, 12-5. This may be mere 

 coincidence, but there is a suggestive resemblance 

 to the word for "female." 



' Cf. 8, Bo; chaihou in 8, H; shillish In 8, Fi; sees in 

 13, Bo; 15, Sk. 



8 Cf. kir-aroua, kaoua in 7, H; kerour, cowi, cauwi 

 in 7, Fi; coy in 7, G; chiau in 8, Bo; kiou in 8, H; 

 cau in 8, Fi; fcwe in 5, Bo; cuei, quel, cui in 9. 



s Cf. 8, Bo; 10, Bo. There is a resemblance to the 

 Yahgan darou oua (Hyades, q, 267), dar-rua (Bove), 

 dahruhua (=old, Platzmann), for old man, but per- 

 haps only an accidental one. 



