_Names for __“__Man, Woman,__”__ &c._—CLASS XIII.
Asia.—_Affghan_ Meru, M. _Zend_ Merete, M. _Persian_ Mard, M. _Sanscrit_ Mart-ja, M. Europe.—_Latin_ Mari-tus, M., Mar-is.
Asia.—_Georgian_ K-mari, M. Africa.—_Negro-land_ Ka_mere_, M.
_Negro-land_ Nu-_mero_, H. North Né-_marough_, H. America.—_Algon. dialects._
_Words for __“__Man, Woman,__”__ &c._—CLASS XIV.
Europe.—_Greek_ (A Gun . ē, F. Woman) _Russian_ Jena, F. _Latin_ (“The Mother “Juno.” of the Gods”) Asia.—_Sanscrit_ Jani, F. (Janoni, A Mother.) _Negro-land_ Jonnu, F., Djonnu, F., Junoo, F.(188)
The identity of the Negro word “Junoo” with the Latin “Juno,” is a remarkable feature in this comparison.
“Janoni, a Mother, in Sanscrit,” it is observed in an able article in the Edinburgh Review,(189) “is the manifest origin of the Latin appellation of _the mother of the Gods_.”
South Coenac, F. America.—_Mocobis_ _Omaguans_ Cunia, F. South Aukona, F. Africa.—_Hottentots_
_Negro-land_ Gonee, M. Asia.—_Mongol_ Kun, M. _Jukadshires_ Kun sch, M.
South Africa T’kohn, H.(190) N. Tchainan, H. America.—_Algonquyn dialects_ Asia.—_Corea_ Tchin, H. Europe.—_Irish and Duine, H., Dean, H. Welsh_
The African words of this Class collected by Adelung are thirty-six in number. Of these, twenty-nine belong to the languages of the region of pure Negroes. In the following Analysis the whole of these words have been shown to be related to analogous words used in the other great divisions of the Globe.(191)
North Tom. America.—_Mexico_ North Tedembeton. Africa.—_Nubia_ Europe.—_Welsh_ (“To Teim-law. feel”) _English_ “Thumb.” _German_ (The Thumb) Daum. Asia.—_Hebrew_ (To Tom. perceive, discern, taste) Africa.—_Hottentots_ Tamma, and T’inn. (Tongue) Europe.—_English_ Tongue.
There are numerous examples to show that the words for the Tongue and the Taste of the _Palate_ are in many, if not in all cases, terms thus applied in a _secondary_ sense, which, in their _primary_ meaning, were applied to “_The Hand_,” and its Perceptive Functions. Compare the words which occur hereafter (under “The Names for the Hand.—Class X.”) Tusso, “The Hand” (_Negro_); Dāst, “The Hand” (_Persian_); Tast-en, “To _grope_” (_German_); “Taste” (_English_).
The names for “The Hand,” and its Functions, have also given rise to numerous words metaphorically expressive of mental operations, as in the above examples: Tom, “The Hand” (_Mexican_); Tom, To Taste, To Discern, Discernment, Judgment (_Hebrew_); Tam-ias, A Judge (_Greek_); Doom, “Dooms-day” (_English_).