1853.] On tlie Mongolian Affinities of the Caucasians. 



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Me-n in Dhimali. 

 Men in Takpa. 

 Meh in Thochu. 





meh supplements and expounds 

 the Georgian word Mse and its 

 Suanic and Absne equivalents. 

 The languages must have a deep 

 and radical affinity which can 

 thus he made mutually to illus- 

 trate each other. 



Return to the simple root again. 



( Here we have the Sa particle above 

 \ cited in its pure unaltered state. 

 1 The Georgian Mse shows it trans- 

 V. posed and blended. 



Timi recurs to the Mi form of the 

 root, with the inseparable Gya- 

 rung prefix (ta) harmonised in 

 its vowel, U servile, like e, in 

 e-me. These last words of the 

 fire series afford excellent illus- 

 tration of the wide scope of ser- 

 vile adjuncts. 



f Di is the da prefix harmonised in its 

 \ vowel to that of the root Ni. 



Den shows the above prefix con- 

 junct, and the ni root altered to 

 ne, become en per metastasin. 

 D-£n, De-n in Ingush. ^j Or, if we read De-n, then the 



particle takes the harmonised 

 vowel of the root which is ab- 

 sorbed, as in Din for Di-ni, below. 



Sa-meh in Manyak. 

 Sa-mi in Sak. 



E'-me in Abor. 

 Ti-mi in Gyarung. 

 U-ma in Horpa. 

 Um-raa in Aka. 



Day. — Di-ni in Tshetshentsh. 



Ki-ni in Kasi Kamak. 



Ki-na in Makash. 



Di-ni in Magar. 

 Di-ni in Gurung. 

 Di-ni in Bodo. 



D-in in Khas. 



Ka-ni in Kumi. 



Ka-nhi in Khyeng. 

 Ko-ni in Kolun. 

 g Na in Horpa. 



{Has the ka prefix harmonised in its 

 vowel to ni root. 



( Means to-day. Ki, as above. Na, 



< a new phases of the root, as Ma 

 ( for Mi, fire. 



C Tally exactly, root and servile, with 



< the Tshetshentsh word and simi- 

 (. larly analysed of course. 



Tallies with the Den instance. 



Means day and sun. 



S Means sun. The roots for sun and 

 day run into each other to a 

 great extent. Nhi, vel Ni, vel 

 Na, is the root. 



