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at the same time possessive pronouns ; u-re, I, me ; cu-re, 
tiiou, thee; ten-re, he, him. In the Tamanac, u-re, I; a mare 
or anja, thou ; ileu-ja, lie. The radical of the first and of 
third person is in the Chavma u and ten.* The same roots 
are found in the Tamanac. 
CHAVMA. 
K T re, I. 
Tuna, water. 
Conapo, rain.d* 
Poturu, to know. 
Apolo, fire. 
Nuna, the moon, a month. 
Je, a tree. 
Ala, a house. 
Euya, to you. 
Taya, to you. 
Guane, honey. 
Nacaramayre, he has said it. 
Piac/ie, a physician, a sorcerer. 
Tibin, one. 
Aco, two. 
Oroa, two. 
Pun , flesh. 
Pra, no (negation). 
TAMANAC. 
Ure. 
Tuna, 
Canepo. 
Puiuro. 
TJapto (in Caribbean tialo). 
Nuna.% 
Jeje. 
Aule. 
Auya. 
Iteuya. 
XJane, 
Nacaramai. 
Psiache. 
Ol/in (in J aoi, Tewin). 
Oco (in Caribbean, Occo). 
Orua (in Caribbean, Oroa). 
Puna. 
Pra. 
The verb to he, is expressed in Chayma by as. On adding 
to the verb the personal pronoun I (u from -u-re), a q is 
placed, for the sake of euphony, before the u, as in guaz, ‘ 1 
am,’ properly g-U-az. As the first person is known by an u 
* We must not wonder at those roots which reduce themselves to a 
single vou f cl. In a language of the Old Continent, the structure of 
which is so artificially complicated, (the Biscayan,) the family name 
Vgarte (between the waters) contains the « of lira (water) and arte 
between. The y is added for the sake of euphony. 
+ The same word, conopo, signifies rain and year. The years are 
counted by the number of winters, or rainy seasons. They say in Chayma, 
as in Sanscrit, ‘ so many rains,’ meaning so many years. In the Basque 
language, the word urlea, year, is derived from urten, to bring forth leaves 
in spring. 
J In the Tamanac and Caribbean languages, Nona signifies the card), 
Nana the moon ; as in the Chayma. This affinity appears to me very 
curious ; and the Indians of the Rio Caura say, that the moon is * another 
earth.’ Among savage nations, amidst so many confused ideas, we find 
certain reminiscences well worthy of attention. Among the Greenlander! 
Nuna signifies the earth, and Amningat the moon. 
