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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

Note 193 — Chapter IV · TOTEMISM AS AN ELEMENTARY RELIGION History of the Question.—Method of Treating it

Joseph Ward Swain translation

We write the Arunta, the Anula, the Tjingilli, etc., without adding the characteristic s of the plural. It does not seem very logical to add to these words, which are not European, a grammatical sign which would have no meaning except in our languages. Exceptions to this rule will be made when the name of the tribe has obviously been Europeanized (the Hurons for example).

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