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there is what there is : Ch. wen-thle, onc ; wanlhla-wita, the body, 
wliole : S. we-thla, ono : Y. ivayc-hatlila, ono ; fuantis-ihi, iive, 
number, size : Ch. wanthla tillóse, young, i.e. state or condition 
reached, only, no moro than, being but, really young. 
Choroti adopta wa as a plural suffix : kyuii-tva, pipos ; it also 
appears in a number oí' derivativos ; lempa nowa '1 how many l¿ . 
wom-ine, to add ; pom-na, to make big. 
Wan-thla, ostrich ; V. ivan-tlddj ; S. wana-thlój ; T. man-ilc ; Cli. (2) 
am-la (the initial tv being dropped) ; L.-M. thla-bin, not bin-thla . 
(The L.-M. always prefixes nouns of tliis kind, where Choroti, 
Vejoz, Suhin, and generally Toba use suffixes, e.y. the augmenta- 
tive taj suffix = y al prefix, e.y. V. yel-la, tapir ; la-taj or yel-la-taj, 
horse ; Ch. alen-na, tapir ; alenna-taj or alenta, horse ; L.-M. 
napothling , tapir ; yat-napothling or yat-nathling , horse). 
Wa, important root to move ; iva-sa, shake, flutter, be alive ; wa-so, 
crawl ; wa-tsi-lat, turn over ; wa-te, shake, jerk, turn handle ; 
V. ivahate, shake; wa-chu ; Ch. pa-so, myrapod. Seo also Pa-te, 
. ote. 
Wats-ithkdt, rainbow ; S. Fas-cháklich ; V. la-woth ; T. kdmága-nalo 
(or rielo) ; L.-M. Pim-hit ; Enim. esai-yi. (The underlying idea 
of this word is sacred object, animal, tótem, etc.) 
Wat, handle ; V. li-iuut ; S. thla-hyut. 
We, sheath, or that whicli holds or contains (the primal meaning being 
mouth ( ki-ivet ), then house (ivet), to have {we, iceni), etc. Y. la-hi ; 
S. le-shi ; T. la-yi ; L.-M. thla-nkuk, sheath, íence, house, etc.), 
henee hole, etc. 1 
We, have ; we-he, sit down ; V. wen, i-hi, have ; L.-M. heyi, imp. tilla ; 
also neyi, yit-neyi, have, be, rest, abide, sit down. In the widest 
sense this verb expresses existence, denoting rather position than 
possession. In L.-M. the verb agrees with the object, e.g. ap-taiva 
ing-hdk, bis wife she is ; i-taioa dp-hdk, her husband he is, i.e. lio 
or she is married, or there is (to him) a wife. 
We, to see, find ; V. wen ; L.-M. wit-aiyi (n = t) ; S. wen or toan; 
T. xvana ; M. ni-vioo ; comp. yen (to look) ; V. yahin ; L.-M. 
kil-anowu (w — y). 
We, give ; V. wennó ; T. mi ; L.-M. meschi (caus. of ma, hold, take, 
cf. ki-ma ) ; M. ne-enico. 
Wee-la, moon ; V. loe-la; S. hyu-we-kla ; L.-M. pil-tin; Enim. hu-al ; 
T. kag-waik or kdg-raik ; Q. ki-lla ; M. ko-he ; Guar. ya-si. (The 
1 The mouth being íiie source of all speech it is but natural that many words shoulcl 
be suggestecl by it ; AP a closed mouth, KI an open mouth; "pa-iva (a socket, i.e. parted 
lips) ; fua-ha (to split, i.e. an open mouth); fuá (a hole); we (a sheath); wel (a house); 
wowi, pajioi (to blow) ; wo-fuo (to bark) ; wita (joined). 
