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THE SERI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 17 



giving the names of tlie time periods M Pinart records an expression that confirms 

 the fdregoinit analysis. The word in question konehexkuc ixhthax', ■which signifies 

 the month in which "se seca el pasto" — i. c., the month "the grass dries, becomes 

 sere". Now, i\w element, Itexl'in' is evidently identical with xx'"^''"' above, and 

 this rendering should be " the month the grass dies'". Thus it would seem that the 

 term ehe. not being a native Seri word, does not serve to establish relationship with 

 the Yuman. 



The compared list of the (Scrian and the Yuman vocables purporting to denote 

 "die, dead", show no tokens of relationship. 



Sly (the liearen-i) 



fa-me m-ma 



|a-m<'m-nia Icwu-i'k-pok 



ia-mem-ma kuiu-un-k wet-na = "hori- ikuthla = " i'o 



Hain {cloud) 

 kh6pka — " rain " ; okiJi'ta = " cloud ' 



zon ' 

 B. a-mi-mc 



C. amimme ="sk.v, heaven" 



I), amuiime 



ip'kakaokuk = " heavy rain "( ?) 

 fhipka^^" rain, shower" 

 S'oiipka =^ " it is raining" 

 lokala kj;uanom ^ " it is cloudy " 

 fipka="rain" 

 I okaxla = " cloud " 



bdka 



kowawakochain 



kivo; kiva, kiwa 



haishnnat 



C(iui 



k'wus 



kuliaiik ; kubauge ^ " it is raining ' 



muhhefS; ikwi^" cloud" 



kivvoga 



kovauk 



ekwi madshiga 



quicha 



paou 

 pow 

 ([ui 

 oaiik 



ikvuy 



kw'voga 



obiluc 



fcoolowwa; hobauk (Yuma) 

 Ikobauk 



ikwiwo^" rain "; ikwi^ " clouds' 

 ekwi = " clouds " ; tiwo = "rain " 

 wariga^" the skv is cloudy" 



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