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zuha, wood. It appears also in zozkor, the stem of a shrub. Thus 

 Zerhazuha would be cabbage-stalk or Caulias. The first word so is 

 " look," the French regard. As for chirane, which I have represented 

 by ezarri ne, I am inclined to think that it is a lost verb jarren, of 

 which jar, attention, jarri, set to work, jario, flow, do, are modern 

 representatives. Thus it would be an imperative " Look towards 

 Cabbage-stalk." The last word 7^ano is a compound of ra and no, 

 and means towards. It is thus a postposition. The second bilingual 

 is hardly less misleading than the first. 



2. ZENYI • FILINA 



{Latin — Sentia Sex. F.) 

 TransUt. — nonekakuu aginsa ukara 

 Basque — non gogoi Egihatzau akar 

 Translat. — which in mind Egihatzau bears 



The chief word calling for comment is that translated by the 

 Latin Sentia. It is a feminine name derived from sentis, thorn, 

 brier, bramble. The only modern Basque word known to me which 

 contains the essential part of Egihatzau is hozkerren, a thorny plant, 

 composed of hatz and ekarri. The word hatz now means sci-atching, 

 talon, claw, finger, trace, but must originally have designated a 

 sharp point ov thorn, that which scratches, the ohikta of the Iroquois. 

 Thus hozkerren would be the thorn bearer. The woixl hatzegin now 

 means to scratch one's self, litei-ally "to do scratching." This with 

 inversion is Egihatz, which may thus be reconciled with sentis. 

 Akar, now dakar, is the 3 sing, pi-es. ind. oi ekarri. 



There are two more bilinguals in Lanzi, not free from accidental 

 coincidences. The original of the following is in the Florentine 

 Museum. 



5. F. LECNE. F. OA/IPNAL 



{Latin — C. Licini • C. F. Nigri) 

 TransUt. — age sanesikane age morabautukarasa 

 Basque — age Zixntzikin age Maira Baitu sortze 

 Translat. — behold Zuntzegin, behold Maira Baitu's son 



The word agi, age means appearance, but, from its position in this 

 inscription and in others, seems to have the force of an imperative or 

 intei-jection. The Latin Licini is a derivative from licium, a leash, 

 tag, thread of the web. It corresponds exactly with the Basque 

 zuntz, aiguillee, a needleful, a piece of thread long enough to sew 



