<*A Qaribbian Vocabulary, 



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We faid elfewhere, that the Men and Women among, 

 the Caribbians ufe fever al words to exfrefs the fame 

 thing, fo that the Men have a term peculiar to themfelves^ 

 and the Women another to them. Thofe words therefore 

 of this Vocabulary, after which the letter M. is fet y are 

 fuchas are properly ufed by the Men : And thofe which 

 have a W after them, are the proper terms of the 

 Women. The accent denotes the fyllable to be pro- 

 frounced long. Note alfo that ch is every where to be 

 pronounced like (h in the Garibbian words. 



I. The PARTS of MAN'S 

 Bodie. 



Mr Body, Nokobou. 

 F^Takelle. 

 My skin, Nora. This ftgnifies 

 .' generally whatfoever ferves 



for a covering. 

 My bones, Nabo. This Jfgnifies 

 alfo a grijile, and the tender 

 fprig of a Plant. 

 The Caribbians make no difiin- 

 ffion between the Veins and 

 the Nerves, and they exprefs 

 both by the word Nillagra, 

 which ftgnifies my Nerves or 

 my Veins , as Lillagra 3 his 

 Nerves or his Veins. By the 

 fame name they alfo call the 

 roots of trees. 

 My blond, Nitta. M. Nimoina- 

 lou. W. The hair of my head 

 or Body, Nilibouri, 



My head, Nicheucke. 



My £y»e/ 5 Nakou. 



The ball of my eye, Nakou- 



euke 3 that is properly , the 



kernel of my Eye. 

 My eye-lid, Nakou-ora 3 that 



is, the skjn of my eye. 

 My E^e-^r^if^ichieouchij^r^- 



perly a piece of my Eye. 

 The hair of the Eyelids, Nakpu- 



iou, properly the hair of the 



Eye. 



My forehead, Nerebe. 



My face, Nichiboiu 



MyNofe, Nichiri. 



My moftth,Nionm2L. 



My Up, Nioumarou. 



My tooth, Nari. 



My cheek-teeth, Nackeuke. 



My jaws, Nari-aregrick, pro- 

 perly, that which is next to 

 my teeth. 



1 z My 



