HTHNOLOOT OF TUE IJfDO'PAClFIC fB[.ANDf. 



ftre derivatives frora a ^Teetem ierra now rrpresen^ed by ihe Chari 

 and that the dissemination of the broad form was a laler event. 

 Rut niu^liid, muslia^ la also Scylhic. The Chari term wiih ila 

 postfix U referable to ihe Ostiak and the Semitico- African tcrma 

 to Chari. The m form was probably the original, as it \s found 

 in Oatiak with the slonder vowel, mil, in Africa with the broad 

 vowel, mu6f and it may be added in a widely spread word for 

 mouse (mush SanBk., mua Lat., &e). PiaR, peae, posg, pass it 

 ** dog in Sclav, and pisse ia " mouse " in Saraoiede, 



2. The Toda koUi is a common Scythico-Iranian and Cau- 

 casian tertjti. Kuti, kata, kato, kiti, kotshifrn £cc Ugrian, kisa, 

 kazhi Fin, kot Sclav., katze German, kat Dutch, English (cat), 

 gato Spanish, gadu, kit Armenian, kito keto, geto, koto, kata^ 

 katu, gado, gedu, gadi, cheto Caucasian. The ultimiite root la 

 found in Korean Wi, kuint ** dog"* The form kot, kofc, kit &c. 

 is also widely spread as a terra for ** dog*" [See l>oa.] 



3. The Karnataka bika, beku, may be a contraction of birAw, 

 berAu, from the analogy of the Uraon hkkha, Male ber^^. But 

 a9 Gond has bokal, bhongal for the male, and Marathi boka 

 (com.), and the Kam. form ia found in Batta (Sucnatra) as a term 

 for " tiger", biku, and in Bulou for *' cat", beku, it is proljably 

 diatioct. Com p. popoki Polynesian, pnka, mpaka Suahili Sec. 

 and a widely spread word for "dog" mog Tarawa, &c and 

 ** goat," bok Dutch, bakra N, Indian &c. The ultimate root ia 

 probably bi and identical with bi, mi of 1. Mongolian has mi. 



4. Tlie bir, ber of Uraon and Male is found in Gond bila/, 

 Bengali birof, Kol bilai, and is- a common Hindi and Tibetan 

 terra. Serpa and Sun war have the Male form borrnrc^ (IMurrai 

 tawar, Gurung nawar). In the South Dravirian and Gond 

 dialects it is the prevalent term for "tiger," pili, puJi, hiili. 

 The Maldivian bulau "cat'\ has the broad vowel of puU, The 

 Kashmiri brair &c. reaembles the Bengali and Gond. The root 

 does not appear to be common, unless it is prevalent ae a word for 

 " tiger". Hind, palang, Pera. palank, Arabic babir, &c. [Batta 

 babet] Korea port. But the Latin felt<v shows that it is not 

 confined to southern Asia. The same root is probablv contained 

 ia some terms for ^* dog " balu Matdtv., balla Singbalese, a-val 

 Champhung, perro Spsnish^ wuri New Guinea (Uianata)/wuriff^ 



