_Negro-land_ Alo, Allo. Asia.—_Turkish_ Ell, Elli. Europe.—(An old Ell, Elle. Teutonic word applied to the Cubit, or Forearm) _English_ El-bow.
_Negro-land_ Loho. Europe.—_Welsh_ La-o-u. America.—_Chippewayans_ Lah. _Hudson’s Bay_ (“The Tene(195)-Law. Hand”) (“The Tongue”) Tene-Thoun.
_Negro-land_ (Allied Loco. to the Negro word Loho, “The Hand,” above) North Oleechee. America.—_Penobscot_ Asia.—_Tibet_ Lag. _Georgian_ Cheli. Europe.—_English_ Claw. (Applied to animals) _Irish_ (The Hand) Glak. Asia.—_Ingumian_ Kulku.
Europe.—_Greek_ (The Olē n . ē. Hand and Front Arm, the Cubit) N. Olœnskam. Alœn-skam. America.—_Pennsylvania_ New Sweden. Olœnskan. Alœnskan.
In the following Analysis all the South African words, and also all the Negro words of this class, with the exception of “Teckramme,” (probably a compound,) have been shown to be unequivocally connected with important analogous terms in the languages of the other great Continents.
(_South Africa_,—Tamma Tamme, T’inn.(196)) See these words illustrated among the words for “The Hand.” See also, under the same head, for examples of the principle that the words applied to “The Tongue,” and its Perceptive Functions, are in many, if not in most cases, secondary or Metaphorical applications of words originally applied to “The Hand,” and its Perceptive Functions; as in Tasten, “To grope,” _German_; “Taste,” applied to the “_Palate_,” _English_. The next words present additional examples of the same principle.
_Negro-land_—Lamai, Lammegue, Lamin, Laming.
_Gaelic_—Lam, “The Hand;” _Greek_—Lam-bano, “To take;” _Latin_—Lam-bo, To lick with _the Tongue_.
_Negro-land_—Dali;(197) _Malays_ of _Formosa_—Dadila; _Turkish_—Dil; _North America_ (_Nagailers_)—Thoula.
_South Africa_ (_Madagascar, & Caffres_)—Lella, Leula, Lolemi; _North America_ (_Penobscot_)—Wee-laulo; _Greek_—Laleo, “To speak;” Lalia, “Speech.”
_Negro-land_—Ning; _Georgian_—Nina; _Lasian_—Nena, Nen; _South America_ (_Kiriri_)—Nunu.
_Egypt_—La sh; _Hebrew_—L. sh . on . n; _Armenian_—Ljesu; _South Africa_ (_Caffres_)—Loodjem.
_Negro-land_—Essiénkó; _Old German_—Zunka; _Modern German_—Zunge.(198)
_South Africa_ (_Koossas_)—Müme; _Chinese_—Mi; _Basque_—Mihia, Minni.
_North Africa_ (_Berbers_)—Narka; _South America_ (_Maupurian_)—Nuore; _Caraibs_—Nourou.