Chapter XXII: Appendix: A

_A partial Vocabulary of the Tsoneca Language, as spoken by the Northern Tehuelches._

ENGLISH. AHONICANKA, OR TSONECA.

I _or_ mine ya
you _or_ yours ma
his _or_ hers ti
this one _or_ he win
who hem
here nanik
there mawoori _or_ mawook _or_ mon
where kinik
when kenoesh
what ket
how ----
how much _or_ many kinkein kerum
above eok
below penk _or_ _wumka_
immediately marso
to-morrow nush
yesterday nush
day after to-morrow eounnush
quickly gemmo
jealous ynaien
foolish chops
quick sourno
good ketz
pretty coquet
bad terosh
ill hammersh
hot yporsk
cold kekoosh
big chaish
little talenque
light höppen
heavy pogelsh
like nourks
far éouns
near ekel
similar wáks
tired wotysk
hungry pashlik
difficult wickemi
hard chornk
soft kattṅ
ready kush
yes ahon (_very guttural_)
no kompsh
man (_Indian_) ahonican
man (_Christian_) háchish
people (_Indian_) tchonik
woman (_married_) karken
father yank
mother yanna
wife ysher
son ykallum
brother yten
sister ystshen
children coquetra
friend _or_ companion gennow
head kittar
eyes ötl
nose tchal
tongue tal
lips chum
teeth oër
hands tsicc'r
legs noa
feet shankence
toldo _or_ house kou
poles for ditto hö
hides, ditto wummum
thongs cowan
mantle kai
fillet for hair kotchi
boots tsuccre
clothes kakewit
hat kor
bolas (_three balls_) yatschiko
bolas (_two balls_) chume
sinews katz
lazo laso
knife paiken
gun gilwum
revolver gilwinikush
powder tchampum
caps kun
lance waike
pot (_for cooking_) askem
bottle oëtre
barrel barr
(bodkin) needle, _or_ nail hüllen
bag hüll
pipe aniwee _or_ conganou
tobacco golk
saddle tusk
bridle hum
bit kankion
stirrups keshon
spurs wateren
girth genig
straps for securing horses' legs kaligi
whip wakenem
belt wáti
sun (_or_ a day) gengenko
moon (_or_ a month) showan
stars ááskren
a year tsor
fire yaik
water léy
snow gél
wind hoshen
rain téwa
smoke p´āān
clouds páwall
night queyomen
wood kaki
hill yorri
place haik
land _or_ country yerroen
river koona
road nooma
poncho lecho
meat yipper
stones kátch
rocks air
grass _or_ pasture kor _or_ oet
broth _or_ tea áásleish
horse ewoe _or_ cawall
cattle choi
sheep cámpān
large deer shóen
guanaco rou
ostrich (_or_ rhea) mikkeoush
puma gol
fox paltṅ
skunk wickster
armadillo áno
hare pȧȧhi
fowls peyou
fawn _or_ colt kooroo
skins wummun
gold wínki
eggs ȯȯm
bones kotsh
marrow tcham
grease am
a chief gounok
fish ȯin
marriage coyenk
wild potatoes appely
sleep shensk
a file kikeriki
council aix
ill hammersh
ship youlel
gum _or_ rosin maki
cards bersen
sit down pespesh
catch korigi
to be tired ywotisk
I go yschengs
he goes wansk
he has hell
give me moyout
lend me mon
write ȧākren
buy amili
change quewarien
I am tired wotyskiya
I am hungry pashlik ya
I am sleepy yshensk
to kill ymuck
to fight ywowesk
to sing yworrish
I like yshorske ya
to mount on horseback amcotts _or_ oin
to race káttern
to send messenger wickeni coëto
to talk ayensh
I understand ya omkes
I do not understand ytonkes
come along heroschengs
to hunt aoukem
to speak kinscott
to do a thing micheten
make máki
to work tirsk
to light kaime
to fill meshawr
to eat shehattu
march wéen
to break charsk
to play nayensh

EXCLAMATIONS.

of surprise wati, wati, wati
of anger worrioo-wálloo
curse it nourenk y sé
on erring with the bolas wow
on catching an animal or in fighting kow

COLOURS.

black chorlo
white golwin
yellow waieken
green arkum
red kāōpen
blue kaliken
brown _or_ bay soorsh
piebald hogel

NUMERALS.

one chuche
two houke
three aäs
four carge
five ktsin
six winikush
seven ouk
eight winicarge
nine humanakoutsen
ten kake
eleven chuche kor
twelve houke kor
thirteen aas kor
kor added up to twenty
twenty wommenikukikor
thirty aasenikaki
forty cargekaki
fifty ktsinkaki
a hundred patack
a thousand huaranca

SOME SENTENCES.

ENGLISH. AHONICANKA, OR TSONECA.

Thank you Nouremi naki
Lend me the pipe Mon aniwee--aniwee moyout
Catch my horse Korigi ya
Come along, friend Heroschengs gennow
Will you come out hunting? (_Lit._ Heros aoukemshaw kinscott ya
Come out hunting, tell me.)
The people are fighting Ywowishk chonik
How many are killed? Kinkeinkerum ymuck
Where are you going? Kinek nis chengs
Cook some meat; I am hungry Herósh yipper wummi pashlik ya
I understand Indian Omkes Ahonicanka
I like your wife Ma yshorsks ysher
What do you want? Keterum karn?
It rains much to-day Chaiske nush que tewa
We are going to see many people Wushkaeye seonk chonik
We are going to see another country Wushkaeye kaiok yerroen
Come here quickly Gommo heout witka
What do you buy? Ket, m amli.