200 PROCEEDINGS OP THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



The word borrokatu, now meaning " latter " in Frencli, occurs 

 frequently in ttie Eugubine tables with the signification "fight." I 

 know of no modern word horrokatar, the termination tar being 

 reserved for ethnic designation as in Burgosturra, a native of Bur- 

 gos. But, as T have elsewhere indicated, there is a surviving 

 instance of its more general use in ancient times furnished in anaitar, 

 fraternal, from anai, brother. Another word which can hardly be 

 called ethnic is goierritar, a highlander. In the Eugubine tables 

 goitar appears, meaning a commander, one who is above. This word 

 horrokatar is in the genitive to the postposition no. The main diffi- 

 culty is the sisata, clmata. If it i*epresent sistatu to pierce, ka, by, 

 should replace the postposition no: if it represent ezeztatu, the no 

 has still to be accounted for. Now in Basque (Lecluse Manuel p. 88) 

 the negative nominative ending in ic may be considered as partitive. 

 Thus ez da guizonic instead of guizon, the afiirmative form, must be 

 translated " il n'y a pas d'homme." This ic the Etruscan replaced 

 by the genitive no. Thus Ezezta — no is " actum est de." 



434. OANA • FKLNEl • LAFCINASA^' 

 AYAYIYIAL 



marakara aginza kanio saragichiukara anre 



rakurakmikuurasa 



marakara aginza ganio Saragi Chiukara andre 



irakurri koikoi eritza 



memorial offering concerns Saragi Chiukara's wife 



reading (writing) dearly esteems 

 The word irakurri means to read, but is here used in the sense of 

 that which is to be read. After it comes the superlative koi-koi, 

 from koi, khoi, desirous, fond. 



353. A YALE • FILIAM • LAVYNI 



rakurazune agiusaurano zarapikukau 



irakurri zuen Egihatz ura no (Egihatzau rano) zarrapo egokio 



read ye who Egihatz child of (Egihatzau towards) writing concerns 



87 Fabretti gives an entirelj- different version of 434. 



0ANA,4FINEI • LAFCINAS • AATAINAL 

 marakara bagiukaneu saragiehiukarano rarakuraukarasa 

 As the two copies differ so much, I may be permitted to suggest slight alterations. 



OANA/IFINEI • LAFCINAL • AF(K)TAINAL 

 I have changed S at the end of the second group to L, and the second A of the third group 

 to F or R. I thus read : 



marakara Bagio ganio saragichi ogoi arsa irago (artu) Kurau sortze 

 monument Bagio concerns thrice twentj- years passes (leads) Kurau natus 

 If we read according to Fabretti, it will be : 



monument Bagio concerns Saragichi mother towards Arrakurau nata 

 This is not a probable legend ; hence my suggested changes. 



