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Vocabulary of the Mech Language. 



fAlJGUST, 



wet, ghichi 

 dry, kran, 

 beard, konkup 

 moustaches, [[no word] 

 lip, kooshuti 

 eyebrow, mooshu kor 

 eyelash, moosheam 

 good rice, mujang myrong 

 sweet, kolan 

 sour, kokye 

 bitter, goka 

 light, monabai 

 darkness, komshibai 

 raw, kotung 

 boiled, komun, 

 hunger, meenka honkia 

 grass, jheekab 

 lame, nating kora 

 deaf, kumma kanai 

 dumb, ryeinga 

 pain, sadung 

 pleasure, moongu sagyi 

 sickness, chobea jodung 

 small pox, bontijaia 



fever and ague, loomgaia 



rheumatism, beeshtong 



belly ache, yudichaia 



head ache, koro chaio 



purging, kabai 



to-day , dinisanchi 



yesterday, kapunsanche 



day before ditto, sombursanche 



the day before that, tamnepursanche 



to-morrow, miasanchi 



outside, shetula 



inside, noh 



before, shekang 



behind, yeun 



quickly, kookei 



slowly, larhay 



a wall, jujoor 



a post, tongphang 



a beam, mandali 



a roof, mookoom 



a cooking pot, kanta 



a large ditto, mikamduh 



a water ewer, di heu 



a plate, toorsi 



Example of 'for ming feminine and masculi?ie, 



bull, moshu jilla, 

 dog, cheema jilla, 

 buck, borma jilla, 

 tiger, meeshah jilla, 

 nephew, adye, 



cow, mashu jeu 

 bitch, chema jeu 

 she-goat, borma jeu 

 tigress, meesah jeu 

 niece, anai 



Sentences. 



What is your name ? 

 Where are you going ? 

 Whence come you ? 

 Where do you live ? 

 What is your father's name ? 



nunni mooa mamoo 

 noo bujuntanguh 

 noo bujung prapaio 

 noo nua mongwhye 

 noong noorkpa mammo 



Shew me the road to Pankabari? Pankabari lama buriye 



What is the name of that hill ? be hajoo mamoo 



What is the price of rice at Dorjeling? myrong sirifehe Dorgeling maelai 



