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... probably are descended from the tribes who at one time . represented an advanced civilization , and considering on the other hand the question lately brought up as to Central America's being a cradle of advanced civilization in both ...
... probably are descended from the tribes who at one time . represented an advanced civilization , and considering on the other hand the question lately brought up as to Central America's being a cradle of advanced civilization in both ...
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... ( probably to some extent owing to the imperfection of the descriptions at hand ) cannot be shown to have any strict analogies with those of the neighboring languages generally referred to the Chib- cha group , reveals much affinity with ...
... ( probably to some extent owing to the imperfection of the descriptions at hand ) cannot be shown to have any strict analogies with those of the neighboring languages generally referred to the Chib- cha group , reveals much affinity with ...
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... Probably due to Spanish influ- ence , 1 these sounds are even liable to become fricatives , as appears from the frequent spellings mariviet ( see above ) , sivu ' white ' , yavi ( llavi ) ' gate , door ' ( associated with Spanish 1 The ...
... Probably due to Spanish influ- ence , 1 these sounds are even liable to become fricatives , as appears from the frequent spellings mariviet ( see above ) , sivu ' white ' , yavi ( llavi ) ' gate , door ' ( associated with Spanish 1 The ...
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... probably never very prominent ) element , which helps to set off the final explosion ( notice that wichuli is the same as wis - suli , from which it is contracted ) .1 In syllable - final position , ch is reduced to a sharp s , cf ...
... probably never very prominent ) element , which helps to set off the final explosion ( notice that wichuli is the same as wis - suli , from which it is contracted ) .1 In syllable - final position , ch is reduced to a sharp s , cf ...
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... probably depends on the nature of initial vowels in Cuna ( for which see p . 29 ) ; it is probably common to many other of the related languages ( for an example in Kagaba , see p . 73 ) . Notice that what is said above applies to ...
... probably depends on the nature of initial vowels in Cuna ( for which see p . 29 ) ; it is probably common to many other of the related languages ( for an example in Kagaba , see p . 73 ) . Notice that what is said above applies to ...
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According to Pérez adverb Amerindian languages analogy animals appears Arawak auxiliary Bayano Bayano River Berengueras Boquete Bribri Caimán Nuevo calabash cayuco ceremony Chibcha chief coast coconuts Colombia common consonant Cuna Indians Cuna language Darien English ETNOLOGISKA STUDIER examples expressed fragment function Gassó geminated gerund girl Göteborg Gothenburg grammatical grave hammock Holmer ibid Iguaguinya indios island Izikowitz jungle Kagaba Kagaba Verb kala Kilu latter meaning mountain Nahuatl Narganá Nele nominal Nordenskiöld noun original paddle painted Panama passive person piragua Pirya plantains plural poles possessive prefixes postpositions prefix vowel preterit Preuss probably pronouns Quechua Rama related languages Río river Rubén Pérez Rubén Pérez Kantule saila San Blas sense sound Spanish stone suffix sunna syllable syncopated tapa thatch Timuqua tree tribe Ustupu verbal stem vessel village Walter Lehmann Wassén wife woman women word
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Page 90 - For they see not very well in the Sun, poring in the clearest Day; their Eyes being but weak and running with Water if the Sun shine towards them; so that in the Day-time they care not to go abroad, unless it be a cloudy dark Day. Besides they are but
Page 90 - Their Eye-brows are Milk-white also, and so is the Hair of their Heads, and very fine withal, about the length of six or eight Inches, and inclining to a Curl. They are not so big as the
Page 56 - was bitten almost every night; one night, the I3th of May, nine men were bitten. The men were rarely awakened by the bites, which however, bled freely, sufficient blood being usually lost to saturate the clothing, and to show its effects very perceptibly in the loss of color and general feeling of weakness
Page 78 - the Corn-Islands and Cartagene: And when they were dispos'd to return and we were studying to oblige 'em with some Present, one of them spied a Cat we had aboard, and beg'd it: Which we had no sooner given him, but he and his Consort, without staying for any other Gift, went immediately into their Canoa and padled off with abundance of Joy.