_man_ mue.
_woman_ shurishme.
_father_ ni-ka-pa.
_mother_ ni-ka-na.
_son_ ni-ki-nish.
_daughter_ ni-ka
_head_ tsop.
_hair_ worokh.
_ears_ otsho.
_nose_ us (oos, _Castano_).
_eyes_ hiin (hin, _Talatui_).
_mouth_ hai.
The word _nika_, which alone denotes _daughter_, makes the power of
the syllabic _ka_ doubtful. Nevertheless, it is probably non-radical.
In ni-k_i_-n_i_sh, as opposed to ni-k_a_-n_a_, we have an apparent
accommodation (_umlaut_); a phenomenon not wholly strange to the
American form of speech.
Is this the only language of these parts? Probably not. The numerals
of language from this Mission are given by Mofras, and the difference
between them and those of Mr. Hale is as follows:--