144 Notes of the Karen Language. [No. 2. 



It is remarkable that yuwa, the name for the god who created 

 the heavens and the earth and all things, is known to a part of the 

 Bghais only ; and those use it with a prefixed ta, and always with 

 the adjective deu great affixed, making it tayuwadeu. The pant 

 wearing Bghais on the north tell me they use Khwehhwa deu for 

 the same being ; and a couple of young men who recently visited 

 the Bghais near our north east frontier, report Teu mau as used for 

 yuwa. Quala says that the greatest difficulty he found in address- 

 ing the Bghais in his journey to the Eed Karens was his inability 

 to discover the name they gave to yuwa. The name for Satan is 

 subject to like variations. In Sgau it is Muhaulie, in Pwo, Mukau- 

 laing, and the name I have adopted in Bghai, as being best known 

 to those who will read the books, is Htoo way Miay, but there are 

 several other names, as Modielie the same word by which they 

 designate the gecko, and Mopraymu. Adam whom the Sgaus call 

 Thanay, some of the Bghais call Ayrdbay ; and the Sgau ie-u for 

 Eve they change to Mora. 



The Bghai is remarkable for hissing dentals. The people speak 

 with their teeth closed when pronouncing many words, and but 

 slightly apart when uttering others. Hs, very common in Sgau and 

 Pwo, has no place in the dialect, being changed to s7i. The Bghai 

 has several consonant sounds as g, j, 2, and a peculiar hissing dj 

 that cannot be adequately represented by English letters, which are 

 not found in the southern dialects. 



The Sgau gh often becomes wa in Bghai, as : 



Bghai 



Wie 



To enumerate 



5 j? 



Ghie. 



?> 



Woo 



A serpent 



j> 



Ghu. 



3? 



Awoo 



Use force 



33 



Glioo Jisoo. 





We 



Gash, cut 



33 



Ghay. 



33 



We 



Concerning 



33 



Ghe. 



33 



We 



Eatan 



33 



Ghe. 



33 



We 



Good 



33 



Ghe. 



33 



Way 



To rise 



33 



Geay. 



3> 



Wau 



Cold 



33 



Gho. 



* These words, though alike here, are distinguished by intonation in the printed 



Karen. 



