1840.] Note on the Limboos, and other Hill Tribes. 



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warm, mowah 

 water, choa 

 wax, maliin 

 we, annigay 

 weak, mun toomba 

 widow, bidooa 

 widower, rand a 

 weave, langtuk 

 well, N (no word) 

 weigh, tangu 

 west, namta 

 what is it ? hene go 

 where, atte lajee 

 whistle, V, thuriyok 

 white, pho dang be 



one, teek 

 two, netchi 

 three, soomchf 

 four, leeshi 

 five, nasbi 

 six, tookshi 

 seven, noshi 

 eight, etchi 

 nine, phangshi 

 ten, thibong 



who, Eng. oh 



wind, N samet yemba 



woman, menchima 



wife, amett 



wood, shing 



word, ban 



world, yeolik lajee 



worm, tamboo 



worship, mangjokma 



yam, 



ke 



year, toong be tik 

 yellow, peyor bu 

 yesterday, anchen 

 young, taugmen 



Numerals. 



twenty, nibong 

 thirty, soombong 

 forty, libong 

 fifty, nabong 

 sixty, tookbong 

 seventy, nobong 

 eighty, etbong 

 ninety, phang bong 

 hundred, thibong bong 



The Haioos 



inhabit the central and lower ranges of the mountains in eastern 

 Nipal, between the Arun river and the Konki. The Konki river runs 

 under Ham Gurhy, and is only three days journey west of Darjeeling. 

 They are mingled with the Eaka division of the Limboos, but always 

 live in clearances and villages exclusively their own. Their language 

 is different from that of any other people in this neighbourhood, so is 

 their religion and all their habits. They keep strictly to themselves, 

 do not marry with any other tribes, and rarely associate with other 

 people. By the Goorkhas and all Hindoos, they are treated as outcastes ; 

 they cultivate in the vallies of the lower hills, but have their houses 



