1875.J boJ [Gabb. 



Tiribi zligu-ring' and the Terraba shu-ring', seem to be specific ; but the 

 Cabecar, hong-ico-liov'-kn is "the atmosphere burns," while the Bruuka 

 ji'-kra is simply " fire." 



Like the two or three cases of imperfect plural in Bri-bri, already men- 

 tioned, the Terraba has a single plural word ; or rather only an approach, 

 a sort of transitional form. Zhgrmg is a rib, and zhgring'-ro, the ribs in 

 their collective sense, rather as the bony case of the thorax, than as the 

 several bones. 



As stated above, the compound words in the vocabulary of Bri-bri are 

 divided by a -f- sign between the component parts. In the other lan- 

 guages, there are doabtless many that have not been propeily separated, 

 because I have not ventured to make theoretical divisions, and have only 

 separated those that were obviously compound. My less perfect acquaint- 

 ance with them has not warranted me in this step, nor in the probably 

 unnecessary detail of analysis to which I have subjected the language of 

 Bri-bri. 



In Terraba the 3d person, singular, pronoun kioe, while not varying 

 for gender or number, has three forms which always appear according to 

 a peculiar condition, thus : 



he, she, (sitting or lying down) so'-kwe. 

 " " (standing) shon'-kwe. 



" " (going) her-shon-kwe'. 



In Brunka, I, thou, he, (or she) and we, (a-de-bi', &c.,) are used with 

 the termination de-bi' whenever they occur alone. When combined with 

 other words in a sentence, the first syllable only («, ba, i, and ja) is used. 

 The termination is almost an integral part of the word and must be used 

 when alone. This is the reverse of the termination re in Bri-bri, which 

 is rarely used except in a seatence, and then only for euphony or emphasis, 

 and at the option of the speaker. 



Chapter III. 



VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE BRI-BRI INDIANS. 



[Note. — In this, and in the accompanying vocabularies, the vowels 

 have the same sounds as in Spanish, unless marked with a special sign ; 

 e is pronounced as in English met ; ^ as in pin ; u as in mum. J has the 

 sound as in John ; ng as in thing ; iTg like the French nasal 11 ; S/i like ch 

 in the German ich ; h is aspirated as in English. A few words having 

 unusual vowel sounds are noted separately, not to add unnecessary com- 

 plication of conventional signs ; like si-ai', blue and ka-ku', ear. 



Compound words are written with a + sign between the component 

 parts. Accent is of great importance, the change in position of the ac- 

 A. P. s. — VOL. XIY. 3r 



