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(5) 1875 1889-1893

Vertebrata Lu-bm-u Th-nine

Clenterata Lu-zhm-u Thr-nine

Protozoa Lu-lm-u Thh-nine

Mammalia L-beem-u Th-bna

Birds L-bm-u Th-dna

Reptiles L-bamm-u Th-gna

Amphibians L-borm-u Th-vna

Fishes L-bm-u Th-thna

Ro

(6) 1913 1931I ab ab

my ivab abe

thou, you ac ac

thy, your ivac ace

it ag ag

its (of it iv ag) age

of iv ov

not of ov --

(7) Awar ek hel ivab difit?who IMPF steal my hat

Who stole my hat? (Foster 1913:39)

(8) Some 1913-Ro Kinship Terms

ram spouse rami husband ramo wife

rap parent rapi father rapo mother

rapic grandfather rapoc grandmother

rasi son raso daughter

rato brother rato sister

(9) 1931-Ro Kinship Terms

radam husband rafma wife ragam spouse

radap father rafpa mother ragap parent

radas son rafsa daughter

radat brother rafta sister

(10) Some 1913-Ro Body Part Lexemes

meb body mec surface of body mef hand

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(19) dr M sdf

I FUT begin

je commencerai/jaurai commenc (Gajewski 1902/1997)

(20) sisila residodo

Sudre chaleur, calorique (n) outilGajewskifaire chaud outillage

(21) fami mila

Sudre ceci voil

Gajewskice, cet, ceci, cela voici, voil

(22) solrere lasoldo

Sudre pass (n) irrligion, impit

Gajewskihier crayon

(all above definitions from Rice 1999)

Suma

(23) kamo dea kato/ma

dog of boy/I

a boys/my dog (Russell 1966:1)

(24) ma liti to tomi I want to go (ibid.:3)

(25) ma sui mu tomi I let him go (ibid.)

(26) ne sui domo to oki mi. do not let someone to see you (Russell 1967:8, MT)

(27) mi kami to bisi mora tu lito You can sleep here tonight (ibid.:15, MT)

Sotos Ochandos Language

(28) forms of case markers:

varon hombre

la ibaca / ibaca-la la ibabe / ibabe-al NOM

le ibaca / ibaca-le le ibabe / ibabe-el ACC

(apparently likewise for other cases)

column 1: Couturat and Leau (1903/1979:60), presumably from Sotos Ochando (1852);

Sotos Ochando (1886:XXXIII) apparently is in agreement with this.

column 2:Gisbert and Lorrio (1862:44)

All versions agree on form before root, but there is difference in form after root.

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