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On the Mongolian Affinities of the Caucasians. No. 1 



Comparison and Analysis of Caucasian and Mongolian words. 



Man. — K'mari in Georgian. 

 Mare in Suanic. 



Maro in Lepcha. 

 Muru in Sunwar. 

 M'ru in Mrn. 

 Mano in Newari. 

 Mansi in Bodo. 

 Miia-mare Nomen gentis. 



Man. — Le-g in Osetic. 



Le-ng in Burmese. 



Len-ja in Magar. 

 Lti in Burmese. 



L6-k in Tai. 

 L6-g-nya in Khas. 



K'lii-n in K'lun, 



Boy. — Lap-pu in Osetic. 

 Lok-pa in Tai. 



Luk-wan in Tai. 



Young per- ^ Bitshi in Geor 

 son of ei- > gian. 

 ther sex ) Bi-shi in Lazic. 



Bo-slii in Mingrelian. 

 Bo-zo in Lazic. 



'""K, prefix, servile, as in Indo-Chi^ 

 nese K'lun, a man, and Mar 

 lay an K'anak, a child: a sort 

 of article and equivalent to the 

 suffixed K. 



Ma, with the customary change of 

 vowel (see on to Mo-i and Mi) 

 is the root throughout, and it 

 takes the common ra suffix, like^ 

 -{ wise with the usual vocalic diver- 

 sity. But observe that in M'ru 

 this servile absorbs the vowel of 

 the root, as in M'se, Georgian 

 ^ for Me-se, voce fire. 



C This is the first of numerous sam- 

 \ pies in which the name of the 

 ( species is that of a tribe.. 



Means husband. 



C Means male, especially human, len, 

 \ the root, having the sense of 

 ( mankind, or both sexes. 



( K suffix, servile articular like the 

 ( g in Le-g and L6-g. 



Nya, a synonyme. 



( Compare K'amari and K'anak. Lii 

 < root. Eomen gentis necnon ho- 

 ( minis. 



!Pu suffix, a diminutive. Le, La, 

 L6, the root, as in man. 



Pa, diminutive, = pu. L6, root. 



Lu root with articular, K suffixed. 

 "Wan, doubtful. Compare "Wak, 

 in Armenian Sa-wak a child ; Sa 

 in Burmese having the root only. 



Shi, euphonised sha, = sa and cha 

 and za, in the following words : 

 Or it may be Bi, Bo, Bu, junior, 

 and Shi, human. 



Means daughter. 



Zo = Za = sa and cha, the common 

 diminutive, euphonized to vowel 

 of root. 



