1844.] A Grammar of the Cashmeeree Language. 403 



In the Persian character tait is written ci^j but if pronounced tati, 

 means " really, actually a pony mare." It could not be written taty, 

 but might be written tati, with the i above the line ; how it and the 

 other diphthongs or rather compound vowels should be printed, others 

 must determine. 



2d. Diphthong of the short a and short w, taut, aponey t •• j pronounc- 

 ed something like toe ut, but not talu. 



Baud, a great man. Thaud, a tall man. 



Bhaul, open, loose. Tsaud, a round basin. 



Waud, tied. Gaud, a hole. 



Daud, burnt, (m.) Tsaut, torn, (m.) 



Khaut, concealed. Phaut, drowned, (m.) 



Waut, arisen. Raut, taken. 



Laud, made. Maut, mad. 



Khaud, pudendum. Laut, nearly dumb. 



Kaul, dumb. Daul, skirt. 



Naul, a shell. Tsaul, escaped. 



Waul, drest. Daul, slipped. 



Baul, recovered in health. Naur, sleeve. 



Baur, a large crack in wood. Tsaur, mare. 



Gaur, made. Jaur, mounted as jewels. 



This compound vowel appears an o not so long as oe in roe, and not 

 so short as o in hot. It might be written ai, the short u thus seems to 

 indicate the masculine, as the short i does the feminine gender. 



3. Diphthong of the short u and short i. 

 Guir, a mare, ef pronounced not as if written gury> but rather as gur 1 . 



Shuir, a virgin. Duiny, walnuts. 



Luits, light, (f.) Tuiny, navel. 



Muij, a reddish. Muits, fallen off in flesh. 



Suil, spare time. Tuij, raised. 



Buil, proper name of woman. Duij, simple woman. 



Kuib, hump-backed, (pi.) Tuil, antimony, pencil. 



Wuith, arisen, (pi.) Duib, washermen. 



Guit, emaciated, a plait in sewing. Luit, light, (pi.) 



Wuit, passages. Wuiny, now. 



Khuit, part of a boat. Buit, face. 



It might be conjectured that the above u could be written as a 

 w as gwir. 



Guri, means horses, and gur 1 , mares. 



4th. Diphthong of the short i and short u. 



Liul, * ? \\ , a vessel for cooking Biun, set up in business in the 



rice. world. 



