ETHJfOLOOT OF THli INDO-PACIFIO ISLANDJ. 



The prevalent Bravirian term is kan, (also Brahui) kiiTui, &c. 

 It is fouivtl in PoIyn(?sran, kano. On the coiitinetii it is Cijiii<?8e 

 gan, Thocliti kan. It is evtilenlly one of the primary vocables 

 of the Drav^irian formation, and a a tlie form is a rare on@ it 

 illustrates tho special Chinese connection of the basis vocahutary, 

 as shown by the pronouns. 



The root is more remotely connected with the Yukahiri angoha, 

 Scylhio kus, gus, kaa-ak kar-ak, osJia, &c, and Indo-European nk, 

 ank, agn, akshi, akis, oculis, okko, oko, nugo, migp, oog, oye. 

 The corresponding Scylhic kar &c aithough found as '* eye" in 

 Turkiah only is a common Scythic root whh othiT meanings. In 

 Fin and Aino it is applied to "hair/' and (he oriji^intil id [iroba- 

 bly to be found in the Ugrian and Yeniseian kol, goL It is a 

 common term for beard " a^m Oatiak {iha Chinese and Dmvi- 

 rian form for " eye ") gar, gor, gur, ger, Tung:- kul, koro 

 Yen 19. J "mouth " kiir, Ugr., khan, Turk, (the Dra v. form for 

 eye ") J '*ear" kor, kyr Fin, kolo, ktil &c, Yenis. j "hand" 

 kal, kol, gar, j " foot " ko), kur, &c. 



The Australian rair, mil, corresponds in form with the Dravi- 

 rian mir " hair, " and the ullimale source was probably a slender 

 form of the Scythic lahio-liquid root for " head," Scythic no 

 longer retains slender forms with that meaning, but it has them as 

 words for " Hp,*' " tooth," ear,'* and " foL>l" while Caucasian has 

 them for *' face," "eye," "mouth," "beard," and "nose" (mir, 

 mer, ber, bir, pil, wilj. 



The form dala, dana, is not now current in Asia as a word for 

 ** eye " save in Caucasian. It corresponds wtlh the Dravirian 

 tala "head" tol hand," with the Scythic tala, dil &c. "head," 

 and the similar words for tooth," "hand*' and "finger," in 

 Scythic ; for " eye " toU (Mingr, Laa.) " finger", " hand " and 

 "foot" in Caucasian J and for "tooth " in Indo-European. 



The Kol dialects have the full Tibeto-Ultraindian mel, med, the 

 vowel being that of the Gyanmg, Burman, Simang and BTnua 

 forms, and not the common a of mj^t, mak &c. It should be 

 remarked that this second and very widely spread root is also 

 Chinese (mok, ma'.) 



Of the two terras prevalent in the proper Dravirian vocahula- 



