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A Note on some Hill Tribes 



[No. 169. 



English. 



Burmese. 



Arracanese 



Khumi. 



Kyau. 



Bengali. 



year 



ahneet 



ahneet 





khiim 



busr 



milk 



no 



no 





tchok 



dhoot 



child 



akhale 



ashay 



doungdi 





hpooa 



offspring 



tha 



tha 



tchipau 



sipa 



hpooa 



male 



youkya 



youkya 



noungboo 



m'tshi 



morod 



(man) 







tchiau 







female 



miemma 



miemma 



noungboo 



n'pang 



maiyunla 



(woman 



) 





tcha 







a boy 



loogale 



kolay shay 



noungboo 

 tchiau 

 doungdi 



m'tshal 



morod 

 hpooa 



a girl 



miemma ga- miemma 



noungboo 



noukte 



maiyunla 





le 



shay t 



tcha doung 

 di 





hpooa 



The following is a list of Khumi words. The English is the meaning 

 they have in that dialect. The Burman is the term that comes nearest 

 to them ; although often the Burman term does not express all the mean- 

 ings of the Khumi one. 



Burman. 



Khumi. 



hluot 



p'th'lau 



to abandon, leave, let go 



shie or hie 



aun 



to be, remain, abide dwell in 



hnoing 



hpooat or khyo 



hpooat 



hta 



she 



pyak 



ahop 



t'mooi 



khat 



mon 



to be able, can 



to bathe, wash 



to rub 



to put, or place 



front 



apaii 

 tho 



hiloung 

 wau 



above 



to, in direction of 



nouk 

 tshaire 



ningthon 

 angyok 



behind 



to abuse, insult 



pyoo or look 



pan 



to do, act, work 



ienghtoung 

 ienghtoung 

 thethwa 



pong 

 neng 

 dok 



marry a husband 

 marry a wife 

 to die 



sheng 



gnd 

 shoikshoo 



ahing 

 panoo 

 awoh 

 ataho 



to live 

 to laugh 

 to cry, weep 

 to breathe, pant 



goo-yakhoo 

 ko kokway 

 hoh-hma 



wai 

 aui 

 hoh 



now, soon 

 to worship 

 there 



wn 



p'lop 



cotton 



