Note 278 — Chapter V · EMOTIONAL AND IMITATIVE LANGUAGE.
Reading edition
A double contradiction in Carib anhan! = ‘yes!’ oua! = ‘no!’ Single contradictions in Catoquina hang! Tupi eém! Botocudo hemhem! Yoruba eñ! for ‘yes!’ Culino aiy! Australian yo! for ‘no!’ &c. How much these sounds depend on peculiar intonation, we, who habitually use h’m! either for ‘yes!’ or ‘no!’ can well understand.