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On the Mongolian Affinities of the Caucasian. No. 1. 



Ego = Homo. — Mi in Suanic. 

 Me in Georgian. 

 Ma in Mingrelian. 

 Ma in Osetic. 



Mi in Tibetan. 

 Mi in Lhopa. 

 Mi in Murmi. 

 Mi in Moitai. 

 Mhi in Gurung. 

 Bhar-mi in Magar. 

 Ear-ma, nomen gentis. 

 Tir-mi in Gyarung. 

 Mi-va in Garo. 

 Yap-mi in Limbn. 

 Mih-pa in Kuki. 



Ka-mi in Kami. 

 Kii-mi in Kiimi. 

 Pii-mi in Pie. 



Mi-jang in Newar. 

 Mi-sa in Newar. 



Mi-ya in Newar. 

 Miya-lau in Eoinga. 



Mim-ma in Burmese. 



Sa-mi in Burmese. 



S'me in Horpa. 

 Se-me in Kolun. 



Me-jing in Lau. 



J. — Sa in Circassian. 



Sa-ya in Malay. 



Sa in Tagalan. 



( Mean I, the pronoun. No fact is 



| better established in Glossology, 



J than the frequent equivalency of 



the roots for man and I ; and it is 



of much importance to note them 



here. 



This, and all the following mean 

 man. It is remarkable how far 

 the pronominal sense of Mi pre- 

 vails in Caucasus, and the nomi- 

 nal, in the regions east of it. But 

 they run into each other, and the 

 root very generally is further 

 employed to designate tribes 

 from Caucasus to Indo-China, 

 as Mi-shi-mi from the Mi and 

 Shi roots, Mu-r-mi, from the Mu 

 and Mi roots, &c. &c. 



f Tribe names derived from name of 



j species — a very extensively dif- 



-\ fused principle. The etymology 



of Burma, or the Burmese is thus 



recovered. See Supplement. 



Mi, the species : Jang and sa 

 sexual adjuncts. Jang = mas. 

 S a= fa?. 



( Means girl. Ya, differential ser- 

 < vile with reference to the various 

 ( senses of the Mi root.* 



{Means woman. Boot Mi. Ma is 

 a feminine and maternal sign. 



Means girl. See note in sequel. 



S'me means girl, like Sa-mi and Se- 

 me. The Sa particle in various 

 phases, added to Mi root. 



Ya, a differential servile. 



An article. See Crawford's work 

 for proof how these so called arti- 

 cles blend with the pronouns. 



* The basis of all these tongues from Caucasus to Oceanica is a small number 

 of monosyllabic roots bearing necessarily many senses. Hence to distinguish 

 between those several senses is the chief function of the servile adjuncts of the 

 roots. In this language, for example, the root wa means, come, tooth, rice, rain, 

 throw, and he. 



