JOURNAL 



ASIATIC SOCIETY 



Vocabulary of the Ho language. — By Lieut. Tickell. 



GOD, Sing Bonga, or Marang Bonga. 

 Persons, Distinctions, ^c. 



a man, ho or horo, 



woman, era, 



father, appoo, 



mother, enga, 



son, koahon, 



daughter, kooihon, 



nephew, hontedet, 



brother (elder,) ba6; 



brother (younger,) oonditte, 



brothers, oondi boko, 



sister, missee, (?) 



husband, herel or h^m, 



wife, era, 



old man, h^m 



old woman, booree, 



adult woman, balle hapanoom, 



adult youth, ball6 sep^d, 



middle aged man, gandee bar, 



boy, koa. 



No. 107. New Series, No. 23. 



girl, kooee, 



lord or master, gomke, 

 servant, chittratannee, 

 fostered servant |^ 

 without wages, J 

 hired labourer, nallatannee, 

 beggar, koitannee, 

 thief, komboo, 



diviner, oja or soka, (Ooria,) 

 priest, d^oree, {Ooria,) 

 witch or wizard, najumtannee, 

 a Lurka Kole, Ho, 

 a Nagpoor Kole, Orang, 

 a Bhoomij, Mootkan, 

 a bramin, bamee, 

 foreigners in general, dickoo, 

 blacksmith, kamar, 

 potter, koonkal, 



gwalle (drover,) gow, (Ooria,) 

 6 u 



