1853.] On the Mongolian Affinities of the Caucasians. 



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Chu-ra in Kalmak. 

 Chd-dii-k in Mongol. 



Cow. — b Sa in Circassian. 



Sa in JNewari. 

 Sa-lo in Sokpa. 

 Sha-r in Mongol. 

 Sha-r in Khyeng. 



Ba-sha in 



Ba in Tibetan. 



Bi in Sunwar. 

 Bi-t in Limbu. 

 Bi-k in Lepcha. 



Cow. — K-chii-g in Osetic. 

 Ma-shii in Bodo. 

 Ma-chu, spoken Tibetan. 



Dog. — Chd-i in Avar. 

 Cho-i in Andi. 

 Cho-i in Chansag. 

 Chii-a in Akush. 



K-chu-d in Osetic. 



Shu-n in Armenian. 

 Chd-i in Bodo. 

 Cmi in Magar. 



Chi-ta in Moasi. 

 Se-ta in Sontal. 



Bog. — Kha in Circassian. 

 K6-a in Kubitsh. 

 Gwai in Dido. 

 Gwi in Dugoric. 

 Khi-a in Dhimali. 

 Kbi-a in Limbu. 

 Khi in Lbopa. 



Means rain. The ra suffix = dii, 

 to which is added the articular 

 k. Dii however may here be a 

 root and synonyme. 



'Turn to the Tibetan word and 

 mark how root and servile are 

 commutable. 



Lo, servile. La, Li, L6, its phases • 

 r, the common ra suffix. 



' Note how the surplus silent b of 

 Circassian here becomes a regular 

 prefix. 



Takes up the servile b of the Cir- 

 cassian and makes root of it as 

 already noted in various other 

 instances. 



K and g, serviles. Chu, root. 

 Ma, feminine sign. 

 Ma, as before. 



f Initial k and final d, serviles. The 

 ) latter is the conjunct form of 



the da, du, do, suffix remarked 



on in the supplement. 



i 



Ta, the common servile, which, like 

 all others, may be prefixed or 

 suffixed. 



^"We may take occasion of the cycle 

 of changes seen in this word to 

 make a general remark. That 

 homogeneousness and vitality 

 -=j belong to all the elements (roots 

 and serviles) of words in these 

 tongues is a very important truth, 

 as well for the illustration of 

 general philology as for the ex- 



