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(g) Noting the above principies, compare the Toba and Vejoz words 
for child, witli the Choroti : 
T. yal-e, daughter yal-ik, son pl. yal-ka, sons 
CH. ki-ale, boy ki-ale-ki, girl pl. ki-ales, people 
V. thl-as, son thl-ase, daughter pl. les, children 
Having formed from the root ale, the word ki-ale, boy, youth, it was 
then necessary to add a suílfix ki to indícate the feminine, ki-ale-ki, 
girl, maid. 
Under the ki prefix (Chap. XXI) we llave seen that it is largely used 
to denote family relationships, but it will be convenient here to illus- 
trate the y (of Lengua-Mascoy) and k (of Choroti) prefixes and the t 
and n roots as important factors to distinguish the eider from the 
younger. 
Eider sister : Ch. ki-tia ; V. chi-ta ; S. chit-taa ; T. pi-lte ; 
L.-M. ya-tlila. 
Eider brother : Ch. kii-li ; V. chi-la ; S. chá-kla ; T. pi-chaka ; 
L.-M. yip-ma. 
Younger brother : Ch. kii-ni ; V. chi-nij ; S. chi-nish ; T. noko ; 
L.-M. ya-thling. 
Younger sister : Ch. ij-nia ; V. chi-nna ; S. fuk-chi ; T. noo ; 
L.-M. ya-thling. 
The first person is often irregular, e.g. : 
L.-M. Ilawak or Hauk, my eider brother ; cf. Q. Huauki, brother. 
L.-M. Yaiya, my eider sister ; cf. Q. ñaña, sister. 
Between the Choroti Ki-tia and the Toba Pi-lte (eider sister) there 
is the same difference of prefix and construction as there is in the word 
for moon, Q. Ki-lla ; L.-M. Pi-ltin ; Ch. wee-la ; and similar prefixes 
of relation exist with the sun, moon, and stars, Ch. ki-le, sun ; wee-la, 
moon ; ká-tes, stars. 
{h) The final j and final k sometimes diíferentiate the verb from 
the Iioun, Tuj, to eat ; Nok, food. Nouns are distinguished with the 
same two letters, Tak, a handle of pot ; Taj, skin, shell ; afuena- 
Hvk, toncan ; alena-taj, wolf. Tivk and taj aro both augmontativo 
suíUxos. 
(¿) The ki suffix with nouns is both feminine and plural ; wo-ki, 
female attendant ; kias, tail ; kias-ki, tail of bird, i.e. tails. 
(j) Kie is another form of ki, instrument ; piate-ikie, sieve, instru- 
ment for maize. Kit, instrument, e.g. wi-kit, pestle. 
Ki, verbal suffix ; alat-ki, give out scent ; fuaha-ki, split ; an-ki-hi, 
make level ; thlan-ki-ape, unload. 
Ki, plural suffix or infix of verbs ; lei, pl. leki, finisli. 
