MCGEE] 



COMPARATIVE LEXICOLOGY 



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vuMAN — continued 



Arm 



Hand 



Fiii(ier(s) 



Thumb 



Finijertiai}{s) 



9. hivipuk 

 2a. vuyeboka 



21. sal 9. hisalkothaf- 



11. (sal)hanOva apa 



= "right 14. isalgh 

 hand"(Reu- 8. isalsicon 



12 



shawe) 

 26. satl' 



15. selch 



24. esaleh 

 eeseth'I 

 i'see'I 



2'd. esilmok 



6. isSlya 



8. isale 

 14. isalgh 

 17. 8hah(h = ;f) 



19. shra 



20. eshall 

 'y. ishalish 



16. asshatl 



25. h'asatli 

 I. ginyakpak 



II. gueuebi 

 shawarra 

 (Peabody) 

 arowhnr 



15. selchpayen 12. esalcbe serap 13. shal-kserap 12. eesalrbe calla 

 7. hi8ala(Gibbs)24. esalchqnaly- 5. hishaltye- hotcbe 



uraas watash 13. meshalkleho 



8. isalcusirape 20. ishallcheveta 7. iiieesarlquil- 



9. hisalkothar- I ginyakyuqui yoho 

 apa 25. hasuth-kap- (Mowry) 



17. shah atai 15. selchkawaoh 



3. 8hawas(Pea- 26. sakl-pltai 14. selkeshau 

 body) 



17. shah(h = ^) 



19. shiil 

 2. shala 



5. shalkeaeraps 

 4. eshalish 



20. eshallchag- 

 hpeyiUi 



13. meshal 

 16. assbatl 

 25. h'asatlkwia- 

 yfl 



6. hathbink 

 I. ginyak 



II. naganua 



III. nagannii 



IV. naganna 



18. selehi'i 



19. shelaho 



20. shallgloji. 



1. siluw'or 



2. shalahiio 

 25. silyawhc'i 

 17. shabnepool 



10. setehiia 



11. sitahwoil 

 5. keshliwo^iish 



3. elcawho'p 

 (Peabody) 



4. eshekiohoiisb 

 24. esalchqualyu- 



bow 

 I. ginyakka 

 II. geueka 



eshaki-shara- 

 bish 



19. shra 



5. shalkeseraps 

 shi'ndish 



13. shalkeserap 

 2. shalagaite=- 



"tlinmb" 



20. eshallque- 

 sharap 



16. asshatlscarap 

 25. hasutbkwaii- 

 inut 

 meesarl(ini- 

 thahrapa 

 (Mowry) 

 sequaharapa 

 (Gilibs) 

 1. ginyakynqui 

 II. ignimbal 



III. ignimbal 



IV. inimbal 



14. euepul 



Prominent among the data set forth to establish an alleged genetic linguistic rela- 

 tionship between the Seriau and the Yunian tongues h.as been the word "hand" as 

 represented in the languages in question. 



A discriminating examination, however, of the accompanying comparative sched- 

 ules, comprising the words "arm, hand, finger, thumb, and fingernail," fails to 

 reveal any evidence that any genetic relationship exists between the languages here 

 subjected to comparison. 



It has been suggested that the relationship is established through the Yuman sal 

 {shala, isalgh = isalx), "hand", etc., and the Serian name for "wing" as recorded by 

 M. Pinart, namely, isselka; but Jlr. Bartlett wrote this word iseka without the /, so 

 this sound may or m.ay not be genetic. But it has not been shown that isselka or 

 iseha ever signified " hand, arm, finger, thumb, fingernail ", to a Seri. or that it is a 

 component element in any one of these five terms in the .Serian tongue: and so it is 

 ajiparently futile, in the absence of historical evidence, to attempt to employ this 

 term iseka or Isselka, "wing", as an assumed cognate of the Yuman sal, to establish 

 linguistic relationship between the languages. 



