On Numerals as Signs of Primeval Unity Among MankindTrübner & Company, 1873 - 94 pages |
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... seems worthy of consideration . A great number of coincidences of this double kind , affecting not only numerals , but also the names of the members of the body from which those numerals are de- rived , may be detected in languages far ...
... seems worthy of consideration . A great number of coincidences of this double kind , affecting not only numerals , but also the names of the members of the body from which those numerals are de- rived , may be detected in languages far ...
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... seem to consist of an m- prefix , followed by forms like -doswe , -tathi , -tato , -tatut , etc. , which may be compared with the Uchee ( Florida ) tethah , ' shoes ' , and tetethah , ' feet ' , and with the Pima ( Mexico ) tetaght ...
... seem to consist of an m- prefix , followed by forms like -doswe , -tathi , -tato , -tatut , etc. , which may be compared with the Uchee ( Florida ) tethah , ' shoes ' , and tetethah , ' feet ' , and with the Pima ( Mexico ) tetaght ...
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... seems to shew that a single word , under forms and meanings so varied as to prove the antiquity of its use , may be traced in all parts of the country with the exception of the frigid regions of the north . Its most northern ...
... seems to shew that a single word , under forms and meanings so varied as to prove the antiquity of its use , may be traced in all parts of the country with the exception of the frigid regions of the north . Its most northern ...
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... seems clearly , from such Finnish numerals as wiis , five ' , k - uus , ' six ' , to have the force of one ' , and would thus probably be akin to the Hun- garian ( Finnish ) egy , the Abkhasian ( Caucasian ) aka , and the Sanskrit ...
... seems clearly , from such Finnish numerals as wiis , five ' , k - uus , ' six ' , to have the force of one ' , and would thus probably be akin to the Hun- garian ( Finnish ) egy , the Abkhasian ( Caucasian ) aka , and the Sanskrit ...
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... seems to contain the Siamese kha , the Burmese ka , and the Aboriginal Indian kai , all meaning ' hand ' , with the prefix ta- or te- , indicating a member of the body , as likewise in ta - tsüng , ' foot ' , ta - bu , ' tooth ' , te ...
... seems to contain the Siamese kha , the Burmese ka , and the Aboriginal Indian kai , all meaning ' hand ' , with the prefix ta- or te- , indicating a member of the body , as likewise in ta - tsüng , ' foot ' , ta - bu , ' tooth ' , te ...
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Abkhasian Aboriginal Indian affinity Afghan Africa African words ahsik Algonkin Armenian Aryan Asia Assam Australian Basque Basque atz Bengal Bhumij bracelet Burmah Burmese Catawba Caucasian Caucasus Central India Chinese Circassian cloth College compared Cree Crown 8vo Dahcota dialects DICTIONARY Dsuku dzur Edited eight English Esthonian Ethiopian F. J. FURNIVALL f'ta finger finger-finger Finnish fire fito five five-two foot foot-sole forms four Gaelic Georgian Gothic fi-dvôr GRAMMAR hair hand-five haspeet Hebrew Hottentot Hueco Hungarian Iberian inner hand ispeshe Japanese Japanese numerals Kamtshatkan Koriak languages Lapponic Latin Lazic Lesgi Malay Mandingo Mantshu MARTIN HAUG Max Müller Mingrelian Momenya moon mouth Natchez Nepal nose Notes numerals original Ossetic Pawnee Polynesian prefix Professor Quichua resemblances Royal Asiatic Society Sanskrit Sekumne Semitic seven sewed shpedee Southern Suanian suffix t'koam t'tahua Text Tibet Translated Tungusian Turkish dor-t Tuschi viii Welsh Yeniseian Zend
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