Note 264 — SOUTH AMERICAN TRIBES.
Reading edition
Ed. André, in Le Tour du Monde, 1883, p. 344. From this very meagre material I offer the following comparison:
TELEMBI. COLORADO.
Eye, cachu, caco.
Nose, quimpu, quinfu.
House, yall, ya.
Hand, ch’to, te-de.
Foot, mi-to, ne-de.
Mother, acuá, ayá.
Hair, aichi, apichu.
The terminal syllable to in the Telembi words for hand and foot appears to be the Colorado té, branch, which is also found in the Col. té-michu, finger, te-chili, arm ornament, and again in the Telembi t’raill, arm.