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Vocabulary of the Mech Language. 



[August, 



pepper, banjddldd 



maize, toomba 



to die, thibai 



to sleep, mdddddbai 



sit down, jhopii 



stand up, jhickat do 



go thither, oojhung tang 



come here, puki 



go quickly, kookri tang 



lie down, moodoo no. 



shut the door, doowar phang 



go to the field, hooa tung 



build a house, no lao 



cut some wood, bon san 



fetch some water, diee labo 



feed the child, koto jani ho 



kill a fowl, taoo shituk 



boil some rice, meekum chong 



light a fire, wad chad 



milk the cow, doodoo laboo 



go to market, hattia tung 



shoe, jotah (B) 



horse, ghorye (B) 



cow, mashujuh 



buffalo, maishuo 



door, doowar (B) 



ghee, ghu (B) 



milk, doodu (B) 



sugar, chinee (B) 



turmerick, huldi (B) 



thunder, jumai homdung 



lightning, nophlambo 



cloth, (cotton) he 



ditto of castor-oil insect, indi 



ivory, megadet hatye 



horn, kong 



hide, aboo 



hoof, yakong 



tail, lanjye 



wool, komun 



a young elephant, megadet oodai 



a grave, phokma 



a man, manchi 



a woman, hinjan 



plough, wayo 



cart, hoo 



a bow, jeeleet 



an arrow, bulla 



language, bhagia 



a gun, shelai 



table, phalla 



chair, kumpulai 



paper, leka 



pen, kullum (H) 



lock, [no word] 



key, [ditto] 



taut (coarse hempen cloth), phasala 



hemp, phatoo 



til (sesamum orientale), shibeem 



mustard, bishwar 



dal (pease), shobai 



pawn, phatye 



betel -nut, gwye 



lime, chunye (H) 



brass, peetulye (H) 



silver, tais 



a temple, modie ne no (literally 



house of God) 

 a flower, booibar 

 mangoe, tiekjo 

 plantain, tali 

 ditto tree, lie phang 

 lime tree, narengi phang 

 fruit, betli 



root of tree, rudda be phang 

 branch of ditto, dalye 

 leaf of tree, belye 

 a bridge, chye kong 

 build a bridge, chye kong ka 

 make a road, lama yaw 

 a plain country, ha gebang 

 the plains of Bengal, haien 

 Bootan, aga phar 

 snow, hem 



