COMPAKATIVE LEXICOLOGY 



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Bartlett(II) introduces another term which appears to hekiu totheLayuiou (III, IV). 

 The remainder of this list presents modilied forms of a single vocable, which appears 

 to have been a demonstrative. Compare these with Mohave asf'nUnte, "an other", 

 and 8h)ia, "the other one"; also with the Yavapai ai'tcnii, "an other'', and with 

 rft8/«'-6Ua, ''other, the other one''. 



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Serian 



A. gha'kum, (jlui'k- 



B. kahom, lah- or liax- 

 r, (kax'kum, /i'a;i;fc- 



Ikook^', Icookx' 

 jjjkokjl, kvkx- 

 Lknjom, kux- 



Ymnan 



The Seriau examples of the digit " two" are of such phonetic character as to warrant 

 the inference that they are derivatives from a single phrasm of demonstrative origin, 

 the differences iu their orthography being due chioHy to the language and trainiug 

 of the collectors and to the difference iu the alphabets employed. There is evi- 

 dently phonetic and sematic relationshij) between the stem of this digit aud the 

 -kdk in such demonstrative elements as ish-kak, "here (where I am), now, then"; 

 Ikx'-kaka, "near"; imk-ahaka for imk-kaka, "there where he, she, is, they are"; akki- 

 kak, "whither? to- where? whence?"; tox'-kaka, "far, distant, far off"; and also 

 with iM in akki-iki, " where ?". In these examples the affix akki- has an interrogative 

 force. The meaning of -kak is that of contiguity or proximity to the Here, the Self. 



Now, the fuller Yuman list presents several forms seemingly closely accordant, 

 phonetically at least, with the Serian terms, but these being merely divergent rep- 

 resentatives of the distinctively Yuman term which does not accord with the Serian 



