...usually suiting the action to the words, and confirming, by some sign, the meaning to be underst<xxl. " The elision and absolute rejection and disuse of words...time has been noticed as a source of change in the al>original dialects. It happened thus : The names of men and women were taken from natural objects...

...as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, etc. Anything hard was "like a stone," anything round "like the moon," and so on, " usually suiting the...confirming by some sign the meaning to be understood." The records of their arts, customs, and beliefs, before they were contaminated by European influence, are...

...stone;' for 'tall/ they would say 'long legs/ etc.; and for ' round/ they said 'like a ball/ 'like ttie moon/ and so on, usually suiting the action to the...confirming, by some sign, the meaning to be understood."* Now, even making allowance for over-statement here (which seems needful, since the word "long," said...

...as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, etc. Anything hard was 'hike a stone,' anything round 'like the moon,' and so on, usually suiting the action...confirming by some sign the meaning to be understood. §9 In reading this chapter it is well to remember how laborious and difficult are the tasks of comparative...

...such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, etc. Anything hard was " like a stone," round " like the moon," and so on, " usually suiting the action...confirming by some sign the meaning to be understood." They made fire by the stick and groove method, but their acquaintance with the fire-drill is uncertain.2...

...such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, &c. Anything hard was "like a stone," round, " like the moon," and so on, " usually suiting the action...confirming by some sign the meaning to be understood." Though they carried fire-sticks about, it is doubtful whether they possessed the art of making fire...