Crossword-Solution: MACU 4 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

Bridges writes that, among the Yahgans, “the names ‘imu’ and ‘dabi’—father and mother—have no meaning apart from their application, neither have any of their other very definite and ample list of terms for relatives, except the terms ‘macu’ and ‘macipa’ son and daughter.

Father yumaan nucuxili Mother ixanum nucuxum Son macu, imulu nirajö Daughter niananti nirajö House tubana tujonoco Earth nonum cati Brother ibuguia (?) The traveller becomes familiar with such expressions as _Igarybai_, “let it alone;” _Buraba duna nu_, “bring me water;” _Kimoi_, “let us go;” _Fagai_, “paddle;” _Mawèr_, “O Lord!” _Ih hj_, “I don’t know,”—pronounced with a contemptuous nasal twang that would outdo the veriest Yankee.