LEXICOGRAPHICAL COINCIDENCES IN KHASI & MALAY. 



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Malay. 



English. 



Ehasi. 



English. 



Piak 



strip of betel-leaf. 



\ Piah, 

 } Phiah 



to split. 



Sepui-sepui 



Kerml 

 Kepoh 



Punpun 

 Depun 



blowing gently of 



wind. 

 clotted, of smoke, 

 bulging of sails. 



bunch up end ofsha 

 lining. 



1 Pui-pui 

 \ 



Kpoh 



f Jain-pun*, 

 wl. \ Jingpun, 

 [ Jympim 



dust in the air, mist. 



abdomen, household 

 (Cf. Mai. Perut.) 

 fold in outer garment 



for storing odds and 



ends. 



Lampai 



fine and long. 



Lympeh 



fine and long. 



(Gila) Sepera scatter-brained, mad 

 Chempera 



(PTc.) scattered. 



I. ~) Sapra 

 r 

 J 



to scatter. 



Lumbong 



mine- pit. 



Pong 



to make a hole. 



Raba 



to feel, grope. 



Tba 



to feel by touching. 



Tambah 

 (Ayer) Bah 



grow bigger, 

 food, big water. 



f Bah 

 ^j Um-bah 

 [ Wah-bah 



big. 



overflow, 

 large river. 



Baham 



devour. 



Bam 



eat, (am bite.) 



Telan 



swallow whole. 



f Tyllan 



| Bam tyllan 



utterly, 

 devour. 



Lebum-lebam 



banging noise. 



Bhum-bham 



confusion of noises. 



Lambong 



flank, side. 



Lebong 



thigh. 



Kelebut 



fez-rest. 



Kulbut 



arched wooden frame. 



Kebam 



to turn in the lips. 



\ Kbum 



{ Kyrbam 



close the lips, 

 bite nether lip. 



Bawa 

 Beban 



carry. 



load, burden. 



(Bah 



\ Bahbang 



carry. 



carry load on stick. 



Subur 



rapidly growing o) 

 plants. 



f Sbur 



rich of soil. 



(Sa-tali) Bum a set (of verses strungBim. Shibun 

 together.) (Shi 



many, much. 

 = one.) 



Mata 



eye; knob in tree. 



(Mat 

 1 Mat 



eye. 



joint, knob. . . 



Mamak 



aged uncle; maternal Mamak 

 uncle. 



maternal uncle. 



(Nasi) Lemangn'ce cooled in a jointhnmng 

 of bamboo with the 

 top node cut off. 



having the head cut 

 off e.g. of a stick. 



(Ter)- 



Geramang 

 Tergamam 

 Layar 



taken aback, 

 sail. 



~\ Kmang 



) 



Yar 



agape, eagerly. 



wide, open, extended. 



Deru 

 Rioh 



clamour, 

 roar. 



] Eiu 



to resound. 



Garut 

 Cherai 

 Cherai-berai 



scrape. 



divorce, separate. 



scattered. 



Khrud 

 f Khrai 

 ^J Brai 



1 



[ Krei 



to scrape. 



to sever, cut across, 

 asunder, e.g. of snap- 

 ped string, 

 to scatter. 



* " Jain"=Malay, "Kain," garment. 

 B,. A., Soc, No. 77, 1917. 



