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VOCABULARIES OF NORTH AMERICAN LANGUAGES. 
KIOWAY. — Continued. 
N. Kioway. 
X. Kioway. 
See. 
ah-boh' 
Kill. 
em-hult' 
em-to'-ki 
Love. 
e-ma' 
Walk. 
Remarks. 
Kioways (Cati-gua ).—It was the opinion of Lewis and Clarke, as well as of Pike, that the 
Ivioways belong to the same stock and speak the same language as the Comanches and Utahs, 
with whom they have long been associated. Long, however, speaks of the language as “ ex¬ 
ceedingly difficult,” and “abounding in strange sounds;” whereas it is well known that the 
Comanche is sonorous and pleasant to the ear. Captain Marcy, too, in his recently published 
Exploration of the Red River, says, “ these tribes have similar habits, but speak different 
languages.” The Kioway vocabulary taken by Dr. Say was unfortunately lost; so that in the 
one presented us by Mr. Whipple, which was obtained from Andres Kunares, a Mexican who 
had been for five years a captive in the tribe, we have for the first time the means of judging 
for ourselves of the correctness of these different opinions. A comparison of this vocabulary 
with those of the Shoshonee stock does, it is true, show a greater degree of resemblance than is 
to be found in any other direction. This resemblance, however, is not sufficient to establish a 
radical affinity, but rather appears to be the consequence of long intercommunication. 
Kioway. 
Siiosiionee affinities. 
Son. 
a-tu'-a. 
itue (W. Shosli.), ner-too'-ali (Com.) 
Brother. 
pa-pi'-e. 
po-pet (Kechi) 
Face. 
ca-u'-pa. 
hoba (AY. Shosli.), cobanim (Chem.), koveli, cai-if (Com. 
Tooth. 
zun. 
tang-wa (Sliosh.), tah-nee (Com.) 
Keck. 
k’coul. 
kuro (Shosli.), kolpli (Utah) 
Hand. 
mor'-ta. 
moh, masseer (Utah) 
tso-nip, so-nip, suf-nip-a (Comanche) 
Bone. 
ton-sip. 
Ivet tie. 
’tzu. 
tsida (AY. Shosli.) 
ta-arch (Com.) 
yoit (Kizli) 
Star,., 
tali. 
Great. 
it. 
Stroup - . 
cut. 
cu-it-zu (Chem.), keatuh (Com.) 
nu-u (Chem.), no (Ketela, Kechi), ne (Com.) 
I.. 
no. 
Thou. 
am. 
oma (Kizh), om (Ketela, Kechi) 
aha (AY. Shosli.), oho (Kechi), ha, haa (Com.) 
Yes. 
ho'-o. 
One. 
pah-co. 
puku (Kizh, Ketela) 
Two. 
gi-a’. 
wai-i (Chem.), wehe (Kizh, Ketela), wa-ha (Com.) 
Three. 
pa-o. 
pahaiu (W. Shosli.), pahe (Kizh, Ketela), pa-hu (Com. 
Some resemblances are likewise to be observed between the Kioway and the languages of the 
southern and western tribes of the Sioux or Dakota stock; and it even appears to contain a few 
Athapascan words. All these, however, are doubtless to be attributed to the wandering life of 
the Kioways, which brings them into contact with many different tribes. 
