_Tsoneca, 1._ _Tsoneca, 2._ _Yahgan._ _Alikuluf._
Man, nuken, chonik, ohă, uön, ack´inish.
Woman, nacuna, karken, kepa, shepush, ack´hanash.
Sun, chuina, gengenko, lŭm, lŭm.
Moon, chuina, showan, han´nuka, cunnequa.
Fire, ma-ja, yaik, pushaky, tĕtal.
Water, karra, ley, shamea, chanash.
Head, guil, kittar, lukabe, of´chocka.
Eye, gottel, g-ötl, della, telkh.
Ear, shene, shaa, ufkhea, teldil.
Mouth, shahan, yeak, uffeare.
Nose, oo, tchal, or, cushush, nohl.
Tongue, del, tal, lŭn, luckin.
Teeth, curr, oër, orre, tu´un, cauwash.
Hand, ore, fan, tsicc’r, { jösch, } yuccaba.
{ marpo, }
Foot, keal, { shankence, } cŏeeă, cutliculcul.
{ alj, }
Home, cocha, kou, uk kral, hŭt.
1, cheuquen, chuche, ocoale, tow quid ow.
2, xeukay, houke, combabe, telkeow.
3, keash, { aäs, } mutta, cup´eb.
{ kaash, }
4, kekaguy, { carge, } carga, inadaba.
{ kague, }
5, keytzum, ktsin, cup´aspa.
The vocabularies of the Tsoneca, Tehuelhet or Patagonian differ
considerably in the various writers. No. 1 is from Von Martius, completed
from D’Orbigny’s lists. No. 2 is based on Lt. Muster’s examples,
supplemented from the vocabularies in Ramon Lista’s _Exploraciones_.
The Yahgan and Alikuluf pass for independent stocks. Yet in a number of
words they resemble each other, and in a few, for example, those for
“eye,” “woman,” “moon,” “man,” there seems more than a chance similarity.