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The Language oi the Tacana lndians (Bolivia).

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Still, there is one more importan! point. We also note similarities between

the Pan o

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and !he Ké t

su

a on !he one hand, and between these and !he

Ca r i b - A r u

á

~

on the other

157.

Kétsua

eye,

llatú

breasts,

nunu

tongue,

Oflll

language,

simi

to say,

ni

it is hot!

akau!

morning,

puntsau

water,

para

stone,

rumi

savages,

larilari

Carib-Aruác

(Moseteno) :

(Cavineña):

(üuatuso):

Bakairí:

(Tacana):

(Cavineña):

Kirirí:

Makusí:

Paravilhána:

(Tacana):

(Moseteno):

(Maropa):

(Saraveca):

Piapoco:

Bakairí:

(Yuruna) :

(Yagua):

(Cavineña):

Manáo:

(Yupúa):

(Tecuna):

(Tecuna):

Baure:

(Sipibo):

Caribisce:

afi,

eye-brow,

cf.

ve

t-api

m-api, m-afi

inua-muto,

baby

eana

alla,

to speak

nunu

0/lll

anu-lu

m-irni

mie

m-imi

nine,

tongue

inene

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kxau,

heaven

l5o

mau-diga,

moon

ki-nau,

fire

/un,

hot

kináu,

heaven

ya!zau,

tree

yau,

sun

yauanoe,

vesper

cau-riana,

heaven

paro,

the Ucayali river

Masi-paro,

the Amazon River

Bakairí:

paro,

water

Aparai:

para,

water and

river

(Tacana):

1

(Cavineña):

tumu

(Maropa) :

See the tribal names, as:

Oalibi, Caribe, Calina, Ca–

rina, Coriíiqcu, Calinago.

Carib:

banu-ali,

friend

Piro:

Piapoco:

Aroan:

Aruác:

caiari,

master

atsi-xari,

man

yahri,

man

adda-ali

(wood-man), carpenter

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It

was KARL v. o. STEINEN who first supplied a list oi nine words "Durch

Centrai-Brasilien", p. 305. These words are marked.

"' Since the publication of my study entitled "Las Lenguas Indígenas de la Cuenca

del Amazonas y del Orinoco", Rio de janeiro, 1910, 1 insisted

aga.in

and again that the

Pano are linguistically related to the Carib-Aruác. The iormer may also represen!

mixted idioms.

'

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In almost al! the Carib-Aruác dialects.

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1 do not need to repeat again that hot, heat, sun, moon, star, &c. in most oi the

Carii>-Aruác languages are etymologically related;

cf.

"Die Verwandtsch'aft der Maya–

Qui!Sé mit den Carii>-Aruác", in "Anthropos".