Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language - Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Volume III. by Buckingham Smith
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Water, _bat_, G. _bate_, Ac. _báta_; hot, _basuera_, warm,
_camérabasucrari_, cold _batutáeu_. To drown one _bátemean_, Per. _bateméari_, Fut. _bateméatze_, from _mean_ to kill one: to drown many _batécodan_, Per. _batécoi_, Fut. _batécoitze_, from _codan_ to kill many: many to become drowned _batecéome_, Per. _batécoi_, Fut. _batecotze_, from _coome_ many to die: one to become drowned, _batémucun_, Per. _batémuqui_, Fut. _batémuctze_, from _múcun_ one to die. (See section 33.) Watermelon, _himus_. To weep, _baúnan_. Well, _batécori_, to make, _batécoran_, from _tecori_, bowl. West, _huritzei_; to the west, _hurún, hurucon, huritzuai_; from the west hither _huritzcue. To whistle, _bicudaguan_. White, _sútei_. Wide, _huena_. Wife, _húhgua_. Wild-cat, _porótz_. Wind, _vahéca_. Winter, _tomó, utédo_ time of cold. Wolf, _húrue_. Word, _nerit_. Wood, _cút_. Woman, _hoquis_. Wood, _cùquit_. Wound, _vücat_, to _nacùan_. Year, _betúragua_. Yellow, _súvei_. Yes, _háue_, (more emphatically) _hai eco_; woman says, heè_. |
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