1879.] S. E. Peal—A peculiarity of the river names in Asam, 261 
tion, as in Tan-chi, Tso-chi (the Sonkosh) or Wang-chi, Har-chi 
Par-chii &e. . 
It is often difficult to spell Turanian words correctly and Tsi, which 
gives great trouble, is as common in those languages as it is rare in the 
Aryan groups. The river Tsik, tributary L. B. Namrup and Dihing, 
I find spelt by us as Chik, Chick, Seek, Tuseek, Ta-sheek, Cheek, and 
Tee-chick, and it is usually spelt Nam-chik, while on the spot it is clearly 
pronounced Tsik. 
Sanpi and Singphti also would be as correctly rendered by Tsanpi 
and Tsingpho. 
The difference between Di and Ti is often hardly perceptible, and at 
times nil, as Tirap, Dirap and Dihrap. 
It may appear to some that the second half of the name, if Tiis 
removed, is unpronounceable or difficult to realize as a distinct word, but 
such are common in these hill dialects. The western branch of the upper 
Trawadi is called by us Milee kha, but should be Mli; and in Mbong, 
Rz’n, ngrai, there is no vowel or even pause between the first two con- 
sonants. 
As the names of rivers are probably the last to change in any age 
or country, being frequently retained long after the originating language 
is extinct, as in America, the subject is of special interest where Aryan 
and non-Aryan races have evidently overlapped in times past, and might 
well repay systematic investigation. The following is a contribution, to 
which I would invite additions. It will be seen that the position is often 
not given. ‘This is the second list compiled, and in the original one when 
the names were first collected the sites were not recorded. 
LIST OF RIVER NAMES. 
Di-a near Diwangiri 
Di-alung L. B.* Kalang 
Di-bong N. HE. Asam Up. Asam 
Di-buru N. Lakhimpur Up. Asam 
Di-bri there are 3 Dibris 
Di-bru original name of the Kalang C. Asam 
Di-bi or Tiphu near Samaguting Naga hills 
Di-big near Phungmai or Shuemai kha Shan States 
Di-bi R. B. Dinoi Up. Barma 
Di-blai E. Bihar 
Difla L. B, Brahmaputra, Mikir hills C. Asam 
Di-g L. B. Chenab, Lahore ING Wis Ps 
* L. B. left bank, R. B. right bank, trib, tributary, &c. 
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