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tempt to classify these languages ; but I am attempt- 

 ing to account for the mistakes, into which he seems 

 to have been inevitably led, by the misapprehension. 

 of his interpreters. Thus, moo signifies the hand, in 

 T'hay, and paw-moo, which he exhibits as the Tai- 

 loong variation, is only Fa-mii, tlte palm of the hand, 

 in the proper language: Ken, which he writes kayn, 

 signifies the arm, in T'hay or Siamese proper, and in 

 the same language, komooee, which he gives as the 

 Tai-yay synonime, signifies the lower part of the arm, 

 from the elbow to the wrist, and moo, the Tailoong 

 synonime, signifies the hand; Tin, signifies the leg, in 

 Siamese ; bui naung, which he gives as the Tai-nay, 

 signifies the skin ; and kotecn, the Tai-yay synonime, 

 the joints of the leg ; in the same manner langteen, 

 which he gives as the Tai-nay, or common Siamese, 

 for foot, signifies literally the upper pai^t of the foot ; 

 and Sicateen, the Tai-nay synonime, appears to be a 

 mispronunciation of Fatin, the under part of the foot. 

 Salt signifies a beast, or animal, and nook, the Tai-yay 

 synonime, is only a mispronunciation of 7i6k, a bird, 

 as are noup and naut, the Tai-nay and Tai yay words, 

 which are given to signify a bird; P^r£; A: signifies the 

 mouth, but tsop, given as the Tai-yay synonime, is a 

 mispronuncialion of tsot, to drink ; San signifies short, 

 but lot, the Tai-yay synonime, signifies child, and un- 

 let, the Tailoong synonime, one child ; yoon signifies to 

 statu!, but loot-sook, the Tai-yay synonime mispro- 

 nounced, signifies to rise up ; and Peinung, the Tai- 

 loong synonime, go sit ; seeza, the head, is not Siamese, 

 but Bali, and the Tay-yay synonime ho and the Tai- 

 loong, hoo, are only mispronunciations of the proper 

 T'hay term hud. It may be proper also to observe 

 here, that Dr. Fr. Buchanan has printed Tay-nay 

 instead of the Tai-noe of La Loubere, which signi- 

 fies /i/^/e Siamese; whereas Tay-nay catmot possibly 



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