50. Dr. Hamilton's Account of the Frontier between 



arisen from misapprehension. The following are the words 

 which I took down : 



1. Sun, sal. 2. Moon, tal, or in the dialect of the Phani, 

 hando kree. 3. Star, hando goorua. 4. Earth, ha. 5. Wa- 

 ter, tei. 6. Fire, hor. 7. Stone, holoong. 8. Wind, nobar. 

 9. Rain, yatei, or in the Phani dialect, zvatei. 10. Man, broo. 

 11. Woman, bree, or in the Phani dialect, brui. 12. Head, 

 bokroo. 13. Mouth, bokook, or in the Phani dialect, kowk ; 

 from which we may perhaps infer that the bo prefixed to 

 this and the preceding word is the mark of some inflection. 

 14. Arm, yauk, or in the Phani dialect yauktauk. 15. Hand, 

 yaukgora. 16. Leg, yatec, or in the Phani dialect yapa- 

 toe. 17. Foot, yapalei. 18. Bird, tauksa. 19. Fish, aw. 

 20. Good, hamo. 21. Bad, hamya. 22. Great, godja. 

 23. Little, goorua. 24. Long, lawo, or in the Phani dialect 

 kalow. 25. Short, bara. 26. One, kaisha. 27. Two, ko- 

 noi. 28. Three, kotam. 29. Four, boroi. 30. Five, ba. 

 31. Six, douk, 32. Seven, cheenee. 33. Eight, seeko. 34. Nine, 

 chee. 35. Ten, cheenee. This being the same with the word 

 given for seven, there is probably some mistake. When these 

 people have occasion to mention higher numbers than ten, 

 they have recourse to the Bengalese language. 36. Eat, cha- 

 day. 37. Drink, loungday. 38. Sleep, hogulday, or in the 

 Phani dialect towanay. 39. Walk, baraweinay, or in the 

 Phani dialect ookumfeelday. 40. Stand, basaday. 41. Kill, 

 tanday. 42. Yes, oonglea. 43. No, korey. 44. Here, fat- 

 dee. 45. There, oqjan. 46. Above, tchowo. 47. Below, 

 hasseco, or in the Phani dialect kamma. From this it will 

 appear that the Tripura language has no affinity with that of 

 Hindustan, and very little with that of Ava. In one instance, 

 indeed, the word kree (great) has evidently been introduced 

 from the latter, the moon being called the great hando, and a 

 star a little (goorua) hando. The word cha for eat is also 

 the same with tsaw of the Ratahain dialect. Day or nay an- 

 nexed to all the verbs is evidently the sign of the imperative, 

 and is in use at Ava. 



The Tripuras have features entirely like the Chinese or 

 people of Ava, and have their huts built on posts like the lat- 

 ter, whose impure customs they follow, so that they must be 



