Water _payto_
Fire _tŭboor_
Sun _pesea_
Moon _hedecho_
Tree _pachru_
Leaves _chītŭha_
House _dhē_
Man _mochĭna_
Woman _wuēna_
Child _wōrdŏchē_
Thunder _pā_
Canoe, or } _habodrooma_
Chingo }
Tiger, _i.e._ jaguar _imāmă_
Leon, _i.e._ large tiger _imāmă pooroo_
River _thō_
River Tuyra _tŏgŭrooma_
Large man _mochĭnā dĕăsīra_
Little man _mochĭnā zache_
An iguana _ipŏga_
Lizard _horhe_
Snake _tamā_
Turkey, wild _zāmo_
Parrot _carre_
Guacharaca bird _bulleebullee_
Guaca bird _pavŏra_
Lazimba _toosee_
The tide is rising _tobiroooor_
The tide is falling _eribudo_
Where are you going _amonya_
Whence do you come _zamabima zebuloo_
Let us go _wonda_
Let us go bathe _wondo cuide_
The extent to which they differ from the languages of Venezuela and
Colombia may be seen from the following tables of the words common to
Dr. Cullen's list, and the equally short ones of the languages of the
Orinoco:--
English _water_
Cholo _payto_
Quichua _unu_
Omagua _uni_
Salivi _cagua_
Maypure _ueru_
Ottomaca _ia_
Betoi _ocudù_
Yarura _uvi_
Darien _dulah_
Carib _touna_
English _fire_
Cholo _tŭboor_
Quichua _nina_
Omagua _tata_
Salivi _egustà_
Maypure _calti_
Ottomaca _nùa_
Betoi _fului_
Yarura _coride_
Carib _onato_
English _sun_
Cholo _pesea_
Quichua _inti_
Omagua _huarassi_
Salivi _numesechecoco_
Maypure _chiè_
Betoi _teo-umasoi_
Yarura _do_
Muysca _suâ_
Carib _veiou_
English _moon_
Cholo _hedecho_
Quichua _quilla_
Omagua _yase_
Arawak _cattehee_
Yarura _goppe_
Betoi _teo-ro_
Maypure _chejapi_
Salivi _vexio_
Darien _nie_
Zamuca _ketokhi_
English _man_
Cholo _mohina_
Quichua _ccari_
---- _runa_
Salivi _cocco_
Maypure _cajarrachini_
---- _mo_
Ottomaca _andera_
Yatura _pumè_
Muysca _muysca_
---- _cha_
Carib _oquiri_
English _woman_
Cholo _wuēna_
Quichua _huarmi_
Maypure _tinioki_
Yarura _ibi_
---- _ain_
Betoi _ro_
Ottomaca _ondua_