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ánJcuk is reílexive), wing ; L.-M. wa ; T. we (feather ). 1 Among 
the Chorotis the /, p and zv are interchangeable, i.e. used of the 
same action by the same person at the same time : waso , paso 
fnaso (to crawl) ; wate, pate.fuate (to shake). 
W-y. See zj-w for the contrast of these letters as initials. The i or y 
denotes the man and activity ; the u or w represen ts the v, ornan 
(particnlarly the wife or married woman) and receptivity ; henee 
tho idea of unión and comploteness as of man and wife. Comparo 
the exclusivo pronoun “ wc only ss ( ñoca-ycu ) in Quechua, i.e. 
y-Jc-u (tho le linking up tho y and u). 
W. As a partióle it is used in the plural with nouns, leiwet, pl. lciwet- 
izjoa, mouth. The w is excluded from the first person singular 
with certain nouns, i-yu, my blanket ; a-wu, thy blanket ; but 
wo-j)o, general word for blanket. 
Fuá, algarroba fruit ; Y.fuai; S. fuai ; T. map ; L.-M. to-iüis ; M. mee. 
Fuá, lióle, that which holds or contains. 
Fuá, chop, split ; V. fuaj. 
Fuat, fire ; L.-M. wit, wat-neyi, to light fire ; mit-leyi, to burn. 
Fua-tso, green, fresh ; V. zoa-tsan ; Q. wai-lla ( huaylla ). 
Fua-tsi-thle, spit, spittle ; V. fuats-huncha, spit ; thla-tsüh, spittle ; 
L.-M. Jcil-pd-tse-yi, spit ; S. tlúa-tchilc , spittle. 
Fues, wing, fin ; cf. a-fui-iya, fiy, flee ; pea, swim ; S. nólcape, swim ; 
Q. wai-ta (huayta), swim ; pazca (palma), fiy ; L.-M. empa, fly, 
flee, imp. 
Fzie-si, bad, neg. of es ; V.fui-tsaj ; S. sas ; háf-saj, savage ; Ch. ne- 
zoes-ine, blame. 
Fuo, wo, around, encircle, embrace, protect ; henee a-wo ; V. fzzo, fur 
of cactus fruit ; CH. zoo-le, hair ; fuohi-napa, nurse ; fuo-po, arm ; 
wo, neck ; wóna, wasp making paper ball like nest ; wo-nis, 
mane ; wo-nata, hat ; wu, covering, blanket ; zoopo, blanket ; 
zoulc, house ; lea-zoo, protector, guardián, attendant, servant, as 
sontas-wo, shepherd ; po, to cover ; pole, clouds, and many 
others with equivalents in the various dialects. Cf. roots zna 
and mu in Quechua, e.g. malei, arm ; znalealla, embrace ; znuyu, 
encircle, etc. 
Wa, part, piece, side ; Toba and other dialects yi ; V. thl-ip . 
Wavn, wazi, zven with termination tilla or tille. The root idea of wam 
is size, quantit.y, number ; with thla it gives the meaning of State 
or abstract condition, e.g. L.-M. sig-zvam ? how many ? zvan-thle, 
1 lietwecn the eastern and western Yaghans (Tierra del Fuego) Mr. W. B. Grubb 
informa nto that, tho reverso wns tho caso in regard to tho F and /’. 'J’lio onsterners oould 
llover say but ahvnys used F {“ tlg" for " l'ig”) ; tho westorn Ynglmns could uso botli 
P and F. Among tho Chaco Indinas wc fiad some using botli P and F but soiuc unable 
(or avoiding) t,o sound the F. 
