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Vocabulary of the Mech Language. 



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snow falls, hem gooklindung blue, goochum 



it rains, noka hidung white, goophoot 



warm water, goodung dye red, gujja 



cold ditto, gooshu dye yellow, koomoo 



drink water, dye ling ni green, gangohu 



good, gahum black, koomun 

 bad, hurama 



[No other Colors distinguished by names] 



leather, bigoor 



mattress, gondoo 



a Bootanee, kongar 



a Bengalis hasha 



a Mahomedan, todrodp 



a Priest or pujari, modie hoois 



a Nipalese, muggur 



a boat, nan 



a jungle fowl, hangruni dausru 



a male, jilla 



a female, jeu 



spirits, chaoo 



large, ghidett 



small, udye 



tall, gujau 



short, gahye 



broad, goo-ar 



a great man, grah manichi 



to laugh, meniyao 



to cry, dagup 



to beat, shituknuh 



to be angry, brapmo 



Cardinal Numbers. 

 one, munche five, munbha 



two, munye six, mundho 



three, muntum seven, munchini 



four, munbre eight, munjo kunnli 



[No numeral beyond this] 

 night, hor hard, guzia 



day, chan cheap, gair 



month, mas (B) dear, kom 



year, buruk (B) heavy, eeliching 



soft, oofra light, ruj enduing 



to swim, chanturri 



cotton seed, koon tye 



ditto plant, koon phang 



sugar-cane, kooshiar (B) 



a bear, moofur , 



wild dog, sheekoo 



vulture, sheegoon 



crow, tauka 



a well, dire kor 



blacksmith, kamar 



weaver, he daio 



huntsman, mye kankea 



a spotted deer, kotia menbeang 



distiller, shoondi 



fine cloth, he goba 



coarse ditto, he rujja 



new ditto, he guddan 



the sky, no krang 



above, cha 



below, ching 



to one side, chapin 



