NOTES ON THE OLAMENTKE. 
By Pror. F. L. O. Rorurie. 
Boy: omutchie.—Girl: omutche-koe-—The principal part in these two words is 
omutch.—only the endings seem to constitute the difference. We find something sim- 
ilar in other languages, as in Hebrew ish (man) and isha (woman), Latin pu-er and 
pwella, ete. 
Eye-brows: shuntum-pogla.—Should shuntu stand for shutu (forehead) and shuntum 
be the genitive formed by the addition of m? 
Lips: lagim-shappa.—F rom lagi (mouth); lagi-m is probably the genitive of lagi. 
Cheeks : onim-poollo.—Onim seems to be onni (face), and probably stands here in 
the genitive case, which would be formed by m, according to all appearance. 
Thirst: lakko-liva.n—The second part of this complex is lird (water), just as we see 
in Chwachamaju thirst expressed by the word akadaviido (aka meaning water). Some- 
thing similar we find also in other languages. Thus, the Turks express thirst by ‘“ with- 
out water”, as we often say ‘ to be dry” for being thirsty. 
Corpulence, obesity: umudakh-mitcha.—Meagreness, leanness : umutchimotcha.—These 
two expressions have one element in common, viz, wmv. 
Mute, dumb: allamatchava.—Matchava, match, is probably connected with the word 
matchome (to speak). 
Deaf: alaloko.—Alok (ears) may be easily distinguished in this word. 
Wife of a chief: oi-bum-kulle—The m in oi. bum seems to be the genitive ending; 
and a similar inversion appears to take place, as we find, in several of the agglutina- 
tive languages of Asia. Other such genitives we see in shuntwm-pogla, onim-pollo, 
lagim-shappa, ete. IKulle means woman ; oi-bum-kulle, literally, of the chief the woman. 
Ship : lumani.—Should it be connected with luma (back), viewing the sailing in a 
ship or boat as riding on its back ? Some such analogy we find in other languages, as 
in Arabic, ete. 
Good Spirit: valliitThe word valli (much) seems to be identical with it. In sey- 
eral languages, much and great are expressed by one and the same word. In the latter 
sense, it would mean here the great one, perhaps the great spirit, as other Indian nations 
express it. It reminds us then of the Chippewa kitchi manits, the Dakota wakay 
tanka, ete. 
Jacket : kamzul.—In Chwachamaja, it is kamzulu. It will be easily identified with 
the Spanish word camisola. 
Hat: mo?bu.—The first syllable of this word, mol’, is probably molo (head), just as 
we recognize in the English cap the radical syllable of the Latin caput (head). 
Morning: kaul-me.—The tirst part of this expression is evidently the word kdul 
(xight), the whole alluding, it seems, to the night having passed, the night being over, 
and the like. 
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