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7. The word for “ mother ” is irregular, in the Ist pers., viz. 1 p. 
Ta-te ; 2 p. Et or am et ; 3 p. THL-et. 
8. Words that refer to nature have naturally but the one inflection : 
tilla , fruit tille, thorn tillo, seed thlu, light 
tah, handle, stem of fruit te, lióle, eyelet, thorn 
These sometimes have the article i wlien standing alone : 
i-te, lióle i-thla, louse i-thles, frog (or children) 
9. A series of words exelude the w (/, fu) from the íirst person 
singular : 
1. ey-o 2. aw-o 3. iw-o ñecle (sing.) 
1. siio-o 2. asiv-o 3. iw-o ñecle (plur.) 
A second series exelude the 1c from the Ist per. sing. and substi- 
tute s : 
1. isy-o or ish-o 2. aky-o 3. iky-o liand (sing.) 
1. siky-o 2. asJcy-o 3. iky-o hand (plur.) 
10. Note the contrast in the first series of y and iv, and in the 
second series of k and s, between the first and second persons ; 
secondly, that of y and s between the first persons of the two series, 
e.g. Yo and Syo ; and lastly that of w and k of the second persons, e.y. 
IVo and Kyo. 
11. In Choroti itself the w and p are interchangeable, e.g. ívuso and 
paso, to crawl or glide as a snake (a word used by the same person of 
the selfsame action). The m is not mucli used in Choroti, the w taking 
its place, i.e. compared inter-dialectally, e.g. ma and wa, to go. Be- 
tween Toba and Quechua or Toba and Lengua-Mascoy the m, p and w 
are freely interchanged : 
Q. all-PA T. al- W A L.-M. yil-PA earth, clay 
Q. MA-ki T. Wák or Wok L.-M. Mik hand 
Q. ma-Pha T. la-PA L.-M. pa-PA wax (Cli. and 
Vej. so-Pha) 
In one solitary examplc the ap takes the place of the aiv in 
Choroti : 
1. e-sinik 2. ape-sinik 3. iwe-sinik paper 
12. Taking the words “hand” and “ foot ” in several languages 
we notice some striking resemblances and contrasts, both in the roots, 
