IN ITS LINGUISTIC AND ETHNOLOGICAL RELATIONS. 



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Hobin, gold, brass, any reddish metal. (Navarrete Viages, I, p. 184, Pet, Martyr, Dec. p. 303). Ar. hobin, red. 



Huiho, height. (Pet. Martyr, p. 304). Ar. aijumun, above, high up. 



Huraoan, a hurricane. From this Sp. huraoan, Fr. ouragan, German Orkan, Eng. hurricane. This word is 

 given in the Livre Saeri des Quiches as the name of their highest divinity, but the resemblance may be accidental. 

 Father Nimenes, who translated the Liore Sacre, derives the name from the Quiche hu ralcan, one foot. Father 

 Thomas Colo, in his Cakchiquel Dictionary, (MS. in the library of tho Am, Phil. Boo.) translates diablo by huralcan, 

 but as the equivalent of the Spanish huraoan, ho gives ratinchet. 



Hycn, a poisonous liquor expressed from the cassava root. (Las Casas, Hist. Apol. cap. 3). 



Itabo, a, lagoon, pond. (Kichardo). 



Joanna, a serpent. (Pet. Martyr, p. 68). Ar.joanna, a lizard ; jawanaria, a serpent. 



Maoana, a war club. (Navarrete, Viagcs. i. p. 135). 



Magna, a plain. (LasCasas, Breviss. Relat. p. 7). 



Maguey, a native drum. (Pet. Martyr, p. 280). 



Maisi, maize. From this Eng. maize, Sp. man, Ar. marisi, maize. 



Malum, liberal, noble. (Pet. Martyr, p. 293). 



Matunheri, a title applied to the highest chiefs. (Las Casas, Hist. Apol. cap. 107). 



Mayani, of no value, ("nihili," Pet. Martyr, p. 0). Ar. ma, no, not. 



Naborias, servants. (Las Oasas, Hist. (Jen. lib. m, cap. 32). 



Nacan, middle, center. Ar. annakan, center. 



Nagua, or enagua, tho breech, cloth made of cotton and worn around the middle. Ar. annaka, the middle. 



Nitainos, tlie title applied to the petty chiefs, (regillos <> guiallos, LasCasas, Hist. Apol. cap, 107); taynorir 

 bonus, taynos nobiles, says Pet. Martyr, (Deoad. p. 25). The latter truncated form of the word was adopted by 

 Kalincsque and othersj as a general name for the people and language of Hayti. There is not the slightest authority 

 for this, nor Cor supposing, with Von Martins, that the first syllable is a pronominal prefix. The derivation is undoubt- 

 edly Ar. nuddan to look well, to stand linn, to do anything well or skilfully. 



Nucay or nozay, gold, used especially in Cuba and on flu! Bahamas. The words caona and tuob were in vogue in 

 Haiti (Navarrete, Viagcs, Tom. 1, p]>. 45, 184). 



Oporito, dead, and 



Opia, the spirit of the dead (Pane, pp. 443, 444). Ar. aparrun to bill, apparahun dead, lupparruktttoa lie is dead. 



Quisqueia, a, native name of Haiti ; "vastitaset universnsao totns. Uti Grasci suum Panem," says Pet. Martyr 

 (Deoad. p. 270). "Madrc de las Herras," Valverde translates it {Idea del valor de la hla Espanola, Introd. p. xviii). 

 Tho orthography is evidently very false. 



Sabana, a plain covered with grass without trees (terrano llano, Ovicdo, Hist. Gen. lib. vi. cap. 8). Prom this 

 flic Sp. xavana, Eng. savannah. Charlevoix, on the authority of Mariana,, says it is an ancient Gothic word 

 (llistoiro de l'Isle St. Dominguo, i. p. 53). But it is probably from the Ar. sallaban, smooth, level. 



Semi, the divinities worshipped by the natives ("Lo mismo que nosotros llamamos Diablo," Ovicdo, Hist. Gen. 

 lib. v. cap. 1. Not evil spirits only, but all spirits). Ar. semeti sorcerers, diviners, priests. 



Siba, a stone. Ar. sib a, a stone. 



Starei, shining, glowing (relucons, Pet. Martyr, Deoad. p. 304). Ar. terln to be hot, glowing, terehll heat. 



Tabaco, the pipe used in smoking tho cohoba. Tins word has been applied in all European languages to i lie 

 plant nicotiana tabacum itself. 



Taita, father (Kichardo). Ar. itta father, dailta or datti my father. 



Taguaguas, ornaments for the ears hammered from native gold (Las Oasas, Hist. Apol. cap. 109). 



Tuob, gold, probably akin to hobin, q. v. 



Turey, heaven. Idols were called " oosas de turey " (Navarrete, Viages, Tom. i. p. 221). Probably akin to 

 starei, q. v. 



