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it also luis in several of iho Gargctico-Asonesian tongueh in wliicli 

 it is cuiTeiil for " hand." Samoiedu Jibai, (Torres St.*) niun, mn- 

 noHf Japan *'bi, Ostiak pane, Wolga parwe, Perm pehi, Turk, bar- 

 maik hc.f Caucasian paliA, German vingcr. To connect lliesewitli 

 the Ultraindian and Asonesiari terma for " hand " 1 may instance 

 the North Gangetic hran^, pmch, briimE, Mikir minuo, Awatralian 

 m lira J Tarawa abuni-bai, Arn wawanii, New Guinea amui, all 

 signifying finger." Hence aUo the M.iky palit to stnear Sec. 

 Willi the finger, and perhaps also pala " to beat." 



The VtU'ious Draviiian vocables for Footj, Mouth, Skin, Tooth 

 and Bone have aiRnities of a aimilar cliardcter. Some are more 

 archaic iban the common Indo-European and Scythlc, the closest 

 affinities being African, Malagasy &e., but each of the terms has 

 one or more Scylldc or Yeniseian roots. Most have Australian 

 or other Asoncsian affiiihles. 



The common Australian term for " foot '* tina, dina kc, is Indo- 

 neaian and Gangetic-Ultraiiidian (Bodo a-then^', Lau tin &c.) That 

 for "tongue" talan, dalan, lale, &c. (Tasni. tulaiiff) is Indonesiati, 

 dila, tura,jala, jila, chiIa(Pbil., Celeb., Born.), Gangedco-Ulti-ain- 

 dian, lhali Nuga, cholai Bodo, and Scythic til, tcl, del &c. Turkish, 

 p\ma Ugr. That for " tooth " irang, ira, yira, may ettlier be the 

 Dravirian eyirn (anc. Ten.il) or a contraction of tira L. Macq,, 

 dc'ar Morclon B., ilrreg Ernb, l'ni(/ Muray^, didara Juknn, 

 dara Bangali L. which appear to be connected with the Iranian 

 dan<fi| donia, den^, atlamn^ dandan kc. The latter forms are also 

 Australian and Indonesian, danga Cape York, dang Masid I. 

 Pt, Lihu, tango Bisayan, dungitu Biiol. Irang would be referable 

 to dang. 



The Papuan vocabularies of Torres Strait have preserved 

 numerous Scythic— chiefly Saraoiede and Ugrian — ^words not 



• In comparing natuw of jtarta of the Uorly tt h to be otjserved not only that (he 

 same vocable ronies to he applicrt to diffcrenl ohjectd, but ttmt a pomraon gtnprlo 

 term for "man," liody " tsomethiieii aecoinpaiifca Uiuai, iintS bant to take 

 tlie place of the term to wliich it was origitmlly a mfirt! a<Ijiiiict. Ttie woriJs 

 tor '^lead " ** hair," " sculi," " foreliead " " fiicrf " mirt " t!yc," for "nose," 

 "tongue." anil "eiir," for "hand" ** fiiicfer," **arni," *'][fg'' and **foot" 

 are mwli in torchftngfid Jn the Asanesian vocMtiulRrka. (>ne of the most prevnlent 

 of the words fnr ** heud " kc. In mme of thi? pm;edings list* nppeara to have liaci u 

 (T<?neric moaning hi some vocabuhiritit. In Titaamulan wo Had " eye, " 



MpZ-twa^ta "'ear," to -we la *' olltinv," Iti^pvra *'neck, " nmm ''noae" {W, 

 Tftsm.). mcria " tontjau " (K. T., so mi-iimm Brumer. I.) ka-ntcna "chin," 

 luanrt' iHtna-na. "knee," ana-7/m«rt "liuud/* jm-f»«na " tongue, " lua-mm-ka 



