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COMPARATIVE LEXICOLOGY 



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The comparative li.st of names for "dog" shows that the Seri term was very 

 probably adopted from the Piman group of tongues, and there is therefore no appa- 

 rent relation between the Serian and the Yuman terms. 



The Seriau name for "coyote" shows no kinship with the Yum.au names for this 

 animal. 



The Serian names for "wolf", ;f'e7.1o« and liasho-kMch (=:"red hasho"), show no 

 apparent linguistic reLationship to the Yuman names for this animal. It is possible 

 that the .Serian terms have some affinity to the Piman terms for "dog" and "wolf". 



Notwithstanding the unqualified conclusion of Herr J. C. E. Buschmann as to the 

 separateniss of the AVaicuri (Guaicuri), the late Dr Daniel G. Brinton, in positive 

 terms, though from adverse evidence deduced from jirecarious data, included this 

 and the Seri tongue in the Yuman stock of languages, ."^peaking of a comparative 

 list of words specially selected from the Cochimi, Waicuri, Seri, and Yuma, he 

 says; "The above vocabularies illustrate the extension of the Yuman stock to the 

 southward. The Cochimi and Waicuri are remote dialects, but of positive afBu- 

 ities."' Y'et of seven terms selected by him from the Waicuri to prove these 



1 The Americau Kace, p. 335. 



