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in Choro ti, Vejoz and Suhin, corresponding to ai (fem.) and aik 
(mase.) in Toba, and ai, ya, eya in Lengua-Mascoy). 
Ate, teat, allied to et, mother ; tepis, suck, takc breast, and ot, chest. 
In L.-M. ni-me, teat ; me-me, inkyin, mother ; inkyin-yik, chest 
(t = n). 
At, pain ; V. ait-áj ; T. ivit ; S. aot-áj, ut-ej. 
Ates, drink ; V. hales (a — ha) ; cf. ni-at, water ; L.-M. án-tnin, drink ; 
ying-min, water. 
A-thlu, light. See thlo-ma. 
Awe, abdomen ; k-awák, a belt ; k-aioák eti, to gird, bind ; kawéhene, 
to weavo ; kawenhi, to pnt on tho warp. Q. atoa {ahita), to 
weave, woven goods. L.-M. áp-awa, a blanket ; wathunik, web 
of blanket, inside of vessel ; pitkinkyi ivathwuk, to weave, i.e. to 
put in the inside or body ; wathwa, vessel, palm of liand, hollow, 
stream, etc., etc. 
A-ioo, i-too, maggot (a and i used as prefixes). 
A - too, fur. See wole. 
Awasa, pig ; V. awu-tsáj (s = ts). 
A-yi-ne, man, father, male ; cf. a-hi-ne ( yi and lii marks of Ist and 3rd 
pers.). 
Ayi-ta, fruit of mistol ; a-yi-ták, tree of mistol ; V. a-hai-yáj, fruit ; 
a-hai-yuk, tree ; S. a-hai-yuk or ha-kai-yuk , tree ; a-hai-yij, fruit ; 
T. naa-la, fruit ; naa-laik, tree. The tree is distinguished from 
the fruit by the addition of yuk, tree, or a contractcd form, vk, ik, 
ak, e.g. fitai, fruit ; fuai-yuk, tree of algarroba, cf. la or thla, 
fruit ; ok, body, whole, big, etc. 
VIII. Roots and Derivatives (E) 
E, Índex of first and third person ; e-sho, my hand ; ey-ole , my liair ; 
e-kos-ki, bis knee. 
E, eh, pronoun of second person singular (thou) in Suhin and Nocten. 
E, prefix or article to nouns, e-kisi, the camp ; e-le, a parrot. 
E, he, negative prefix of second and third persons, e-es or he-es, not good. 
Ee, ehe, yes : V. he, he j, ehe, ehej ; T. hee ; L.-M. ehai, thle ; S. thlech. 
The e witli the reílexive h, j, or th, seems general in tho Chaco group 
for assent, whether to positive or negative question. 
E-ka, e-ka-thla, to shut door ; te-ka-thla-pe, door closes itself. Many 
words, both nouns and verbs, are formed witli the ka prefix (see 
under ka), frequently causative as here, ka, cause ; thla, to go ; 
pe, back ; te, itself ; e, it. 
