Father Breton's Carib-French Dictionary. 93 



To kill, root word apara ; he who has killed, aparouti; 

 he who has been killed, aparououti. 



Every root word becomes a verb by the addition of a 

 verb termination. The negative is expressed either by 

 a separate word — oua, no — or by the addition to words 

 of a negative particle, in, ma, or pa. Example — 

 aparabae, kill, maparabae, do not kill. Do not 

 abandon me, is translated thus : in onta (to abandon) 

 pa (negative) ba na (me, imperative form). 



" And " is expressed by two words, aca which is 

 employed separately, kia which is put at the end of a 

 word. Example — huyeu aca ?ionum, sun and moon ; 

 huyeu, nonum kia, sun, moon and. 



Prepositions. — It would be very important to distin- 

 guish these thoroughly. Probably, Father BRETON'S 

 di6tionary explains them but imperfe6lly, and does not 

 give the meanings with sufficient precision : — By, 

 oromaft ; before, oubara ; above or upon, tao, loiiago ; 

 under or below, abou ; more than, oaria ; for, itara ; 

 to (to such a place) ta, ka, bou, oman ; there, iaim, 

 checm ; near to, imale, oman; a6tually, certainly, k^ 

 ka, at the beginning of a word in composition, constantly 

 in use as a confirmative particle ; in vain, lie ; where, 

 a Ilia, alliati. 



SOME WORDS. 



Agouti, ilirou-aliroii B&skets (various) bacalla,ouar0ulli 



Anger, erecou Battle, etoucou, aincona 



Arnatto, ollocamboui, chourou- Beard, itiouma 



couli, ematabi, cochehue, bichet Believe, trust, to, moinga 



Arrow, bouleoua Be quiet ! maniba 



Asmuch, enoura Billhook, sabre, houehoue, caboU' 

 Avaricious, amoinbeil, akinti rane, chercha 



B&nana, balatana Blood, timoinaloUf ita. 



