OCT. — DEC. 1856.] Toda Vocabulary, 105 
no Baclaga can pronounce on account of the pectoral pro- 
nunciation, I have therefore chosen ^^to represent {F.) 
They have no pure A as it occurs in other Indian languages 
but their d is pronounced as d in tall and as u in much. 
There are 2 sounds of the vowel i (ee) the one is like 
the English ee (i) in meet, the other one like the German ii in 
iiher, for instance, «13 hifsh with u means a tiger and 
*^5^^ 6 zV^/i with means the sun, SX-^.F" mirsh with 
ii means a hare and o^.%5^^ mirsh with i means a peacock. 
Vocabulary. 
Abaisance (I make) ^5 i«iX)S" o^p 
kdl-mele-hutth-bim, 
I fall at (your) foot. 
Abandon <^^roi2)p huifhu-butth-Uni, Badaga 
4- 
cLxBa *^x>g-?. hittfhu butfhini. 
Abide eshken lit. I sit ^ "^"^ shall I sit down. 
Abject tali vershbini; ersbini, ershbini oxversh- 
bini means I am, which is generally put to the root of a 
verb. The Badagas use (CA)OfS "?,) for it. 
Abominate "?^oS"oi3p. ndnth bini. 
Abomination "P^^^. ndnam. 
Abortion "S^QS^ oeoa(S^b. mokh yidilddi. 
Absorb "^^S^^^P nuygivitfhini,'^ Badaga^^'^ A^l^^g-?. 
Absurd "S"^!". perdf. 
Abundant eAJ'^o. ujodm. 
Accede ddhini, 
* The Todas always assimilate the n to the foUowiug consonant. 
