10S ESSAY ON THE 



composition, and signifies place. Some believe that it was used formerly 

 in Sanscrit and tliat c'hani a place of metals, or mine, is derived from it; 

 but this is not likely. Hdloc, in Mexican, is the name of the god of 

 waters; answering to Jalogha in Sanscrit, the energy of the waters. In 

 the Brasilian diale6ls ciinya or ciinha, according to the Portugueze mode 

 of spelling 5 and canydy in Sanscrit, signify a young woman, 



Ibi, the earth, is from 'i and iva or iha, in Sanscrit, the female power 

 of nature, and the earth in an animated shape, or the goddess Tellus, 

 Ara air: ig or uh, aqua: pi; pes, foot, pouy, Caanga, to eat, is, in Hindi, 

 caega, cainga, I shall eat. Ca-anga, to say ; in Hindi Cahanga, I shall 

 say. Co, to^o, is ga zndgati'm Sanscrit; in Brasilian guata also is, to 

 go, to walk. Monhanga, to make, is manavinga^ in Hindi, I shall make. 

 Teupira^ to mount, to go up, from uper, upon in Hindi. Can^ and acan, 

 head in Galic also, ore-acan, our head. Ai-out, I come, is hum-aute: 

 Oi-out is woh-aute in Hindi, he comes. Auae-aout, they come, and in 

 Hindi we-aute: in a preposition is mat, both in Brasilian and Hindi, 



In the language of the Caribhees, ac oculus, in Hindi auk, from the 

 Sanscrit acsha, and acshdn, from which is derived skin amongst the 

 Cherakees. Baica^ to eat, is in Sanscrit bhucta .- boiiirokou, a boar, or 

 hog, is vardhaea or bardhaca: jovanni, the soul, is jiva, jivan, Isheiri, 

 God, is from Is w ara: looca^ among the Caribbees, is the first of the Ideas, 

 log as OY men in Hindi: and ikfci&ozi the evil spirit, or principle, is from 

 m,ahd-bhui, or md^-bhui, the great evil spirit, the chief of evil spirits, Bhui 

 and bhuta are common names for devils, spe6lres and other evil spirits. 

 The word bhui is obsolete, and in great measure used only by women 

 and children in Itidia, 



