1890-91.] SIBERIAN INSCRIPTIONS. 279 



"Analysis of No. XVIII. 



Line i. tattobi, taltobu, Jap. to honor, reverence. 

 Biida, see No. XX, 

 Anota, epithet of Budha ; see text. 

 kogo-iiio : ino is an old noun meaning prayer, whence the modern verb 



ino-ri, to pray, and its substantive inori ; kogo or koktc is probably 



a form of koi, to request. 

 ji, Jap. a Budhist temple. 

 bei or bai, see No. XX, Part I, lines i and 4. 

 fnito Sagota, see No. XX. 



maru, T^P- ^ circle^; but mariii, mariiki, round, 



taku, " a house, building. 



niado, " motoi, foundation. 



tsubeshita, " pret. oi tsubiishi, to break, destroy. 



line 2. Sagota, see above. 



no, Tap. genitive particle. 

 kami, " superior, ruler, lord. 

 fobai, see above. 



/u, Jap. /to, law, doctrine, anciently /o. 



deshi, " disciple, scholar, pupil. 



tai, " to desire, wish. 



kudaki, " to break to pieces ; but kudake-rii, broken, shivered. 

 beri, " /leri, loss, waste, ruin. 



ato-tadzH, " aio-wo-tate-ru, to mke up the mms ; the t<v) is not essential. 



line 3. Buda-Anota see above. 



hiromeku, Jap. to proclaim, common in Indo-Hittite. 



tadasha, " tadashii, upright, just. 



mito Sagota, see above. 



yobidata, Jap. pret. of yobidasu, to call out, summon. 



himku, " /linku, poor. 



omaka-dzu, " omaka-7ia, magnanimous, generous, liberal. 



line 4. ta, Jap. who. 



gohiyo, " ko, little, and hiyo, day's labour 



shigo, old verb, to work, now only used as the noun shigoto, work. 



ne, Jap. future suffix. 



ri, denotes a Japanese mile anciently consisting of 50 matsi, each niatsi 



containing 60 ken ; thus a ri was t,ooo ke/t. But, in Indo-Hittite and 



Siberian, the term ri, employed to measure time, designated 300. 



Of this there is abundant proof in the Eastern Track of the 



Hittites. 



toskt, Jap. year. 



ga, " genitive particle. 



gashita, " gasshi, to join together, unite. 



)igo, " deeds. 



mi/iadzu, Jap. mi/iadzu-s/ii, to overlook. 



