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C = chi, clie, si, se, zi, ze. Examples : CV cMpi, CAE ziren, CA. 



zeru. 

 D, P, b = to, tu, do, du ; but in many cases in the Eugubine tables 

 these three characters represent every power of d and t. 

 Much as I would like to attach definite values to each of 

 them, my knowledge of the relation in which ancient Basque 

 or Etruscan stands to modern Basque phonetically, is not 

 such at present as to justify me in so doing. See also II. 

 E = ne, ni, en, in. Examples : YE gune, ED entu. 

 E= ag, eg, ig, gi, ge, but never ga. FE agin, egin, YF begi, FA 



igar. It is possible that begi was originally be-ig. 

 H, N = ka, ga generally, but was probably used also for ak, ke, ki, 

 ge, gi. Examples : HY gabe, NA kari, now ekarri ; also NED 

 now kendu. 

 I ^ ha, he, hi, ho, hu, au, ai, ou, eu, oi, o, u, hau. Examples : lA 

 hiri, aura, ora. The poverty of the Etruscan syllabary multi- 

 plies the equivocal to such an extent that the context or 

 even a knowledge of the nature of the document in which 

 such words occur must decide their value. 

 IT = ta, te, ti, da, de, di, at, et, it, ad, ed, id. See above D, P, b. 

 This sign is never used for to, tu, do, du. As for ot and ut, 

 od and ud, they are represented by IP, lb. Examples of 

 II are Oil emat, IIY debe. 

 K = OS, ots, oz, otz, us, tits, VIZ, utz, hatz, hitz, hez, hots, huts. It 

 is a compound of I and C. In the inscriptions of Asia read 

 by Japanese it gives ochi, uchi. As representing two 

 syllables, instead of the forms indicated, it frequently, indeed 

 generally, should be read osi, utsi, oze, but never osa, otso, 

 utsu. Examples : K hitz, KY ospe, YKE behatzen, KDE 

 utziten. 

 L = sa, so, su, za, zo, zu, as, az, sometimes es, ez, but not os, lis. It 

 may also denote cho, chu, cha, and ja, jo, ju, when these 

 sounds pertain to the sibilant series. Examples : LA zari, 

 sari, L su, so, LY azpi. 

 711 = me, mi, em, im. Examples : mA mira, wiE imini. See 0. 

 M. See S. 



O = ma, mo, mu, am, om, um. Sometimes it represents what is 

 now in Basque em followed by a broad vowel, eman, which 

 may originally have been OE mane. There are variant forms 



