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the Hottentots, may serve to she\7 how little resemblance 
they bear to each other. The hyphen, in the latter, ex- 
presses the dental, and the circumflex the palatial, action 
of the tongue on those syllables over which they are placed. 
KAFFER. 
HOTTENTOT. 
The Sun, 
Eliang, 
Surrie. 
The Moon, 
Inyango, 
ka. 
The Stars, 
Imquemquels, 
Koro. 
The Earth, 
Umclabo, 
K60. 
Air or light. 
Amaphoo, 
Kom. 
Fire, 
Leaw, 
Ei. 
Water, 
Amaanzee, 
Kam. 
Thunder, 
Ezoolo, 
hoonoo. 
Lightning, 
Leaw Ezoolo^ 
hoonoo-ei. 
Wind, 
Oomoi, 
qua. 
Rain, 
Imphoola, 
Tookai. 
The Sea, 
Ooloanje, 
hurroo. 
A Man, 
Abaantoo, 
Quaina. 
A Woman, 
Omfaas, 
Quaisha* 
An Ox, 
Incabai, 
Mnoo. 
A Dog, 
Eenja, 
Toona. 
To-day, 
Emenie, 
Hasai. 
To-morrow, 
Gamtzo, 
Quatrie. 
One, 
Eenye, 
Qu^. 
Two, 
Zimbeenie, 
Kam, 
Three, 
Zintate, 
gona. 
Four, 
Zeene, 
haka. 
Five, 
Zincano, 
gose. 
Six, 
Zintantaat, 
