On Numerals as Signs of Primeval Unity Among MankindTrübner & Company, 1873 - 94 pages |
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... meanings . Indeed , they enable us to perceive how a whole system of numeration , or at least a whole decade , might be formed out of different words for ' finger ' , just as there is only a single element , I finger or digit , 6 ON ...
... meanings . Indeed , they enable us to perceive how a whole system of numeration , or at least a whole decade , might be formed out of different words for ' finger ' , just as there is only a single element , I finger or digit , 6 ON ...
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... meaning ' hand ' . They are , however , too few and too isolated to build much upon . The preceding list of North American terms seems to shew that a single word , under forms and meanings so varied as to prove the antiquity of its use ...
... meaning ' hand ' . They are , however , too few and too isolated to build much upon . The preceding list of North American terms seems to shew that a single word , under forms and meanings so varied as to prove the antiquity of its use ...
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... meaning ' hand ' , with the prefix ta- or te- , indicating a member of the body , as likewise in ta - tsüng , ' foot ' , ta - bu , ' tooth ' , te - nok , ' eye ' , and te - naung , ' ear ' . 2 In Esthonian , üts is I , kats is II , kat ...
... meaning ' hand ' , with the prefix ta- or te- , indicating a member of the body , as likewise in ta - tsüng , ' foot ' , ta - bu , ' tooth ' , te - nok , ' eye ' , and te - naung , ' ear ' . 2 In Esthonian , üts is I , kats is II , kat ...
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... meaning ; while ' sea ' is called itsaso , which may be explained without difficulty from Guinea dialects : - ENGLISH . Salt . Water . BASQUE . gatz . GUINEA . etsa ( Avekvom ) . edse ( Adampe ) . idse , idye ( Mahi ) . dse ( Dahomey ) ...
... meaning ; while ' sea ' is called itsaso , which may be explained without difficulty from Guinea dialects : - ENGLISH . Salt . Water . BASQUE . gatz . GUINEA . etsa ( Avekvom ) . edse ( Adampe ) . idse , idye ( Mahi ) . dse ( Dahomey ) ...
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... meaning of this fundamental element ; and such an element may be recog- nised in many , if not all , of the following words , which distribute themselves into four sporadic groups : one along the south - western coast of Africa , from ...
... meaning of this fundamental element ; and such an element may be recog- nised in many , if not all , of the following words , which distribute themselves into four sporadic groups : one along the south - western coast of Africa , from ...
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