Gatschet. | 504 [April 5, 1878. 
ichali weir (in the coast dialect ; puyu, jufere in the dialects of the interior 
districts). 
ilaqe night ; ilaqema at night. 
inti is the negative particle ‘‘not’’ (-ti) before imperatives. 
iqila sick, diseased. 
iqilabo sickness, disease, malady. 
iqilabosobi cho? did you become sick ? 
iquini breast, udder ; milk. 
iquinena my deceased mother. 
iquiti to insult, abuse. 
isti bad, wrong ; ni hiotala istico I say evil (of somebody). 
yame brother-in-law. 
yamemitama sister-in-law (used by men only). 
yaqua she. 
yuru to tremble ; to fear, to be afraid ; to be angry. 
moca sea, ocean; moca mine great sea; maca pira Red Sea; mocamelo 
salt sea. 
mucu eye; mucubine tears (for: mucu-ibine, eye-water) ; mucu yucha 
two eyes; mucu yuchaqua both eyes. 
nahe, nae to possess, to have ; itimi chi nahe hast thou a father? 
nohoba, nohobua, nohohaue to give, to bestow, to present with. Often 
ohohaue, hohaue (by apheeresis). 
naquen, nakoso thus, so, in this manner ; naquenela it is so. 
nanacu because. 
niye, nie herb. 
numa heaven, sky; numama in heaven. 
oyo inside, within ; Iglesia oyoma within the church ; oqtio oyo intestines 
(lit. ‘‘inside the body’’). 
paha house ; pahama into the house. 
hiti-paha hell. 
ticopaha ship (lit. ‘‘canoe-house’’). 
piro, pira red; ano pira Indian ; maca pira Red Sea. 
putuo to detest, loathe, hate; anoco putuobobi cho? did you loathe any- 
body ? 
-reqe, distributive particle; viroreque each man ; chuquareqe? how many 
times each? equelareqe daily, day for day. 
paqi island ; caqi pahima upon that island. 
-ti, -ti-, -te, the negative particle not, suffixed to or inserted into words: 
f. i.: ni Christianotila I am not a Christian. 
tinibo 1) to pierce, perforate, transfix. 2) woodpecker. 
ufueta pimp. 
uquo, oquo 1) flesh, meat ; 2) to eat, to feed on (said of maize, meat, f. i.); 
3) body, person ; oqtio oyo entrails, bowels; 4) infant ; uquo viro a 
male infant. 
