— 21G — 
L.-M. so-waláj, tarántula ; yo-waiki, spider. Compare also Q. 
atoa or ahua, weave ; kusi-kusi, spider ; kusku, arrange a pattern. 1 
Siyu, to dawn ; L.-M. kil-si-kaiyi ; subs. él-saiyu. 
Ski, to laugh ; a vory important root. V. sche ; S. ta-scha-aien ; 
L.-M. kyismeschi ; waswethcheyi, smile ; sisi, to be ainusing ; 
S. hasina, an amusing speaker ; Q. asi, laugh ; ku-si, joy ; L.-M. 
kil-soivasoivu, to rejoice. 
Sona, deer ; V. tsonna ; S. tashinsha. 
Soóle, ant-bear ; V. suláj ; S. suklaj. ( N.B . — Suhin invariably pre- 
fixes k to the Vejoz l, e.g. V. pe-láj, white ; S. pe-klu ; L.-M. pe-lu 
(proper ñame for the Matacos) ; Ch. i-lemi, white ; S. klirn. 
Sopa, wax ; V. sopha ; L.-M. pa-pa ; Q. ma-pha ; T. la-pa. 
Suti, wait, expect ; Q. suya. 
XVI. Consonants SH, TS, CH 
Sh, the consonan! sh is interchangeablo with s, many words having 
both the s and sh forms, e.g. siat, shiat, red. 
Shi, shu, an important demonstrative partióle. Su in Mojo is feminine 
(she) ; sa, so in L.-M. denotes nearness to the speaker (this, tliese) ; 
so in Toba denotes movement (he, she moving) ; si, su, shi, shu in 
Choroti indicates distance from the speaker (he, she, that tliere, 
away). 
TS 
Ts, the consonant ts is a modification of s being used before certain 
words : s-ae, I strike ; tsa-hane, I know ; isyo, isho, my hand ; 
its-eha, my arrow. The same rule holds good in Suhin, kds-fo, 
our foot ; káts-ot, our chcst. S and ts as initials to nouns are 
interchangeable in Vejoz : Sonnat, TSonnat, knife. 
Tsat, wet ; causative it, tsat-it, make wet. T and n are both causative 
partióles in Vejoz ; pel-hát, to make white ; pum-yen, to make 
wet ; schi in one form or another is the causativo in Lengua-Mascoy, 
but to diííerentiate t is also used. Two words from the same root 
1 During the l'cast of the Yanmaua ( i.c . of a girl reaching puberty) a nuiuber of young 
lads with masked faces, lioldiug in Lheir hands iilaments of twisted ostrich feathers, move 
about tlie bootli of the girl, running round and round the womeii on guard with tkeir 
canes, who chant vociferously on the approach of the lads wlio are called “ Sowalüj ” or 
spiders. Ts it the idea of weaving a web round the girl (an emblematic íi y ) ? The lads 
are continuously uttering a shrill cry as they run about in this serpentino manner. The 
ery is also called “ sowalilj,” and whenever they kill a spider they utter the cry, lest they 
lose their voice ! (Lengua-Mascoy custom.) 
