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ETIlNOtOaY 01? THE INDO-PACtFiC ISLANDS. 



widdy diaaeminated (Caticaaian, Ii-anian, Gangetico-UItraindtan, 

 AsoncaiaTi.) 



kal 



Tarn. motL, Tiilitv, 



kavi 



KarUf mod.;^ Tod a 



kaya 



Mai. 



kai^ 



GoikI 



'khehhah 



UraoTi 



clieyi 



Telng. 



ktiai 



Boilo 



akhui 



N. Tangk 



ktiij 







Knmi 



The root with a consonantal final t, ], r, is Scythic, Caucasiati 

 rraniatij, Gangeiico-Ullralndian, and Asoiiesian, The Scytliic 

 forms are found in all these families. The Dmvirian appear to be 

 more aichatc. 



(cj The Kol thi, Gond the, i^ foand in Knsia ha Ati, and 

 B mua thi, ii. The Mon and An am tai, Ka Tici, are probably 

 connected with it, but they aUo resem bic the Dravirbn kai, Tlie 

 closest foreij^n afllnity h with the Sem ilico-Lihyan it Gara, Wyit 

 MahjMli, (whence the Tigi-e id), Htihrew iath, Berber thilli, Ara- 

 bic yad, yodau. The root is found in the Cliinesc sin, Japan te> 

 Samoiede hute, hiute &c. 



The Male sesu h probably a variety of the same term, Bu^it 

 may be from theTelugu, chet/i, a variation ofka^/ from the com- 

 mon interchange of A, ch and s in Dravirian phonology. 



The Attstralian biri7, mara, mana, mun^alf mura, /<imara, ma- 

 ma, &c, Torres St. bai;^ pai, New Guinea nmreb, Milic ban, 

 Loyalty I. wana of i-wana-quem, New Caledonia yam-warn (Ba- 

 lad), Malicolo vean of vean-brua3, Celebes pale, Borneo bareng, 

 pinang, Sutnatran bimgu, pungu, Samba wa imoy Sasak emn, 

 Simang weng are Uitraindian— van Maram^ a-pan Champhung^ 

 puiig Luhuppa, mu Laii, — and N. Gangetic, — moa Kiranti, moi 

 Gitrung, pB.hr a Newar, promj/ Miirnii. The roe t i* found with 

 tlie same meaning in Koriak mitiya, min^^YiW, rn'mtifft/lgen and 

 Latin manw^. Tetms for ^^liand," "finger," "arm," "foot," 

 " leg,'* intercliange to a great extent, and in tlie i?cylliic languages 

 the present ouc is chiefly found aa a term for linger," a meaning 



