_Arawak._ _Tapuya._ _Tupi._ _Kiriri._
Man, wadili, { samnaha, } apyaba, klöh.
{ waha, }
Woman, hiaeru, zokna, cunhá, kütsi.
Sun, haddali, taru te mu, curasse, utschih.
Moon, katti, kmuniak, jaçi, cayacu.
Fire, hikkihi, chompek, tatá, issuh.
Water, wuini, muniā, hy, dzu.
Head, krain, canga, tzambu.
Eye, akussi, ketom, tesa, po-nubi.
Ear, adikkehi, nunk-hōn, namby, benjen.
Mouth, uelleru kuhu, nimā, juru, oriza.
Nose, issirihi, kigin, iting, nambih.
Tongue, uejehi, kzigiok, japecong, nunuh.
Tooth, ari, { zhún, } ainha, dza.
{ yune, }
Hand, uekabbu, po, ypo, mnssang.
Foot, ukutti, po, py, bouih.
House, bahü, kjiemm, oka, era, bate.
1, abba, pogik, jebe, bihe.
2, biama, nom, mucuing, wachani.
3, kabbuhin, tscho caorhu, musapui, wachani dikie.
4, bibiti, iapes chacoron, erundi.
5, abbatekabbe, nonhoron.
The four chief stocks of the eastern Amazon region present a fundamental
diversity both in vocabulary and grammar. The Arawak is shown as it is,
as current in Guiana and along the northern affluents of the Amazon;
the Tapuya is in the dialect of the Botocudos, as presented by Dr. Paul
Ehrenreich; the Tupi is the “lingua geral” of Brazil; and the Kiriri is
from the _Arte_ of Mamiani.
In most of the South Atlantic stocks the numerals are imperfectly
developed, all quantities above three being usually expressed by compound
words.