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THE SERI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANX. 17 



COMPAKATIVE LIST ol' SEUIAN FINGER-NAMES 



Fimierg 



Bight htiiid 

 Left hand 

 Finger nails 



fiuosk' 



iuol'tis 



iuol'l'apa 



Istlik 



inoski;);' 



liartlett 



i-novl 



i-uo8-is-kersk 

 i-no8-shack 

 i-nos-shack - itova= 

 "toes" 



i-nrtsk'l 



It would seem that the term given by M Piuart for "fingers" is not accurate, 

 since he has previously recorded it for "forefinger", in which he is confirmed by 

 Professor JIcGee. It seems probable that the literal signification of the term for 

 "little finger" is "son (or offspring) of the hand." Professor McGee writes i-aahk 

 for "son" as said by the father, and M Pinart writes isaak for the same idea. 



'Mr Btirtlett-WToie schek-aipch, "bird's egg", s.m\ ahano-hraifc, " a duck ". literally, ** water bird", 

 tbussbowiiig that Arpit in the term "featber" signities "bird". M Piuart wrote .'••/mi-i'mmen, "bird's 

 nest", and ipx'\ "egg"'- I" both, the spelliuga here differ somewhat from the terms in the list. In 

 the terra lor "duck" and " feather", MrBartlett substitutes /tr for the sch iu his spelling of the name 

 for a " bird ". 



'•'In '2(1 etsiyerre signifies "bird ". 



3 From Bartlett's Kutchan or Yuma Vocabulary, MS. 



