123 GYPSIES. 



Tcer, to make, do. Skt. y'^ Tcr^ to make, do. 



jib^ tongue. Skt, jihva, tongue. 



cMv, to put, throw. Skt. y'~ ksMp, to hurl. 



cTior, to steal. Skt. chora, a thief. 



chumi, to kiss. Skf ^~ churrib, to kiss. 



cTiuri, knife. Bengali, churi. Skt. cliurika. 



jin, to know. Skt. y'" ^Tza, to know. ^ 



juTcel, dog. Persian, shagdl, jackal, (whence our 

 Eng. jackal.) 



divas, day. Skt. dwasa, day. 



dwGel, god. Skt. (^ezja, Hind. dev. 



pani, water. Hindu, pani, water. Skt. pana, drink. 



puv, ground. Hind. hhu. Skt. hhumi. 



hale, luck. Skt. hhaga, luck. 



musTi, man. Old form manusTi. Skt, manushya, 

 cf. Avestan, mashya. 



matto, drunk. Skt. matta. 



wast, hand. Skt. hasta. 



sap, shake. Hind. sarp. Skt. sarpa. 



yaTc, eye. Skt. alcsTian. 



yag, fire. Hind, ag. Skt. «^72,1 (Latin ignis). 



rai, gentleman. Skt, rajan, king, 



rati, night, Prakrit ratti. Skt. ratri. 



The numerals also illustrate the same fact. Those 

 known to our American Gypsies, with the Sanskrit, are 

 as follows : 



Romany. Hindu. Skt. 



1 yelc eJc eka 



2 dui du d'oa 



3 trin tri tri 



4 shtor cTiatur 



5 panj panch pancha 

 10 desTi dasan 

 20 TiuMer Greek onrc^ 



It will be curiously noted that the word our Gypsies 

 use for a score (it has a rather indefinite meaning) is evi- 



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