Enclosure: Peter S. Du Ponceau’s Comparison of the Nottoway and Iroquois Languages, [ca. 13 July 1820]
Enclosure
Peter S. Du Ponceau’s Comparison of the Nottoway and Iroquois Languages
[ca. 13 July 1820]
Affinities of the Nottoway language
with the Iroquois Dialects
| Nottoway | |||
| The Sun | Aheeta, | Tuscarora. Heita | |
| The Moon | Tethrake, | Onondago, Garáchqua | |
| Ice | Owees, | Onond. Owissa, Tuscar: Oowisse | |
| Fire | Auteur, | Onond. Otshishta, Yotécka. Huron, Atsista (Sagard). | |
| Water | Auwa, | Tusc. Auweah | |
| A Mountain | Yenun; Tenunte, | Tusc: Yooneneeunte, Wyandot or Huron (an Iroquois Dialect) Onunteh | |
| Darkness, | Asunta, | Onond: Achsonta, Tusc: Autsonneah. | |
| The Woods, | Oraracoon, | Tusc: Orenneh, a tree | |
| A Swamp. | Keenu, | Tusc: Keenah, a river | |
| God, Heaven, |
Quakerhunte
Quakeruntika |
 |
Onond: Garochia, Heaven, ne Karongyage, in heaven, Huron, haronhiaye, au Ciel (Fath: Sagard). |
| Kerhun, Karhon, is found in these Nottoway words. | |||
| Man, | Eniha, | Tusc: Aneehhah | |
| A young Man, | Aquatio | |
Onond: Axhaa, a boy |
| a boy, | Aqueianha | Tusc: Woccanookne, a child | |
| Aqua, Axa, Wocca, may easily have been corrupted from one another | |||
| A Woman | Ekening, | Onond: Echro. | |
| Death, | Anseehe, | Seneca, Haneeh, Tusc: Aucreeah. | |
| Hand or finger = | Nunke, | Oneida, Osnoongee, hands | |
| The foot = | Saseeke, | Tusc: Auseekeh | |
| The hair = | Howerac, | Tusc: Oowara. | |
| The eyes = | Unkoharac, | Tusc: Okauhreh, Cochnewago (an Iroq. Dial.) Okaraah. | |
| The mouth = | Eskaharant, | Tusc: Yeaskaren | |
| Onond. Ixhagachrænta. | |||
| The ears = | Suntunke, | Oneid. Ohuntah | |
| Tusc. Ohuntneh. | |||
| The tongue = | Darsunke, | Huron, Dachia (Father Sagard) | |
| Wyandot, Uskunsheeaw (Prof. Barton) | |||
| The teeth = | Otosag, | Tusc: Otoseh. | |
| The nose = | Oteusag, | Onond: Oniochsa, Tusc: Ocheoossah | |
| Oteusag & Ocheoossah, are evidently the Same word, pronounced Otchoossach (ch, Greek χ. guttural) | |||
| Blood, | Gātkum, | Tusc: Kautkeh | |
| Gāt, Gaut, Kaut, the Same, termination differs | |||
| Skin, | Ohonag, | Tusc: Enunkeh | |
| Nails | Yetunke | Onond: Eechta. | |
| A Cow = | Toskerung, | Onond: Tionkósquæront | |
| A dog | Cheer, | Onond: Tschiera (Germ: pron. Cheera)1 | |
| Tusc: Cheeth, Seneca, Cheerah. | |||
| A Cat | Tose, | Onond: Taguh. | |
| Summer = | Genheke, | Onond. Gagenhé | |
| Oneida: Kau-waw-kun-heak-ke | |||
| The termination Kunheakke, appears the Same with Genheke | |||
| Winter = | Goshera, | Tusc: Kooséhhea | |
| G. for. K:, r for the guttural hh. | |||
| A House, | Onushag, | Oneida, Kanoughsaw | |
| Mohawk, Kanoughsagough | |||
| Onondago, Ganochsáye. | |||
| Meat, | Oskaharag, | Onond: Owáchra | |
| Long (adj.) | Ewis, | Onond: Iòs (pron: Eeos) | |
| Little | Newisha, | Onond: Niwa. | |
| Cold | Watorae, | Onond: Otohri. | |
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 218:38880–1); entirely in Du Ponceau’s hand; undated; with internal running head of “Nottoway” at page breaks editorially omitted.
The French missionary Gabriel sagard appended an unpaginated dictionary containing the Huron words herein to his Le Grand Voyage du Pays des Hurons, situé en l’Amerique vers la Mer douce, és derniers confins de la nouvelle France, dite Canada (Paris, 1632; no. 3991). au ciel: “in the sky; in heaven.” The 1798 edition of Benjamin Smith barton, New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America (Philadelphia, 1797; rev. ed., Philadelphia, 1798; no. 3998; , 7 [no. 341]), lists “Undauchsheeau” as the Wyandot word for “tongue” (p. 111).
1. Omitted closing parenthesis editorially supplied.
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