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But a flimilar Iransftf of terms is primitive or coeval with t!ie 

 distinctive naming of tlie sexcB in man. All formatioiis siiow that 

 theliiiman sexual iiaraes, definitives and flexions have been applied 

 to animals and even to inanimate things. 



Some Ultruindiaii and Indonesian terms appear to be connected 

 with the prececding root, tantra *^cow" Singphu, adangan "buf- 

 falo" Baujer, Aidangan ** buffalo" Kahayan, daka "cow" Bisayan, 

 damu-lag " buffalo " Pampangan, torn **cow"Kapui, atom 

 " cow " Maram, lyang, cliang *^'cow " Naga, dia " cow " Dfiimal 

 Arttidung Binua (Jakun), i!tdong Binua, Mangkasar, Wugf, 

 ferong, Mundliar, Tidori. 



5s The base of the Tamil karrauai a *' milch cow " is more 

 genei-ally applied to the buffalo [See Buffalo L] In Sclavonic 

 the root occurs with the labial postfix as in Tamil karori^a, 

 korowa, korm, krum &c. The Brahui kharas " ox " has ihe 

 Dravirian root with a different poalfix. 



6. The Gond mura (Seoul and Chuparah) does not appear to 

 be applied to the "cow" in any of the other Indian vocabula- 

 ries. The Changio brung, Moii priang "buffalo" may either be 

 varieties of tlie same vocable or the Hiraalayo-Indoneaian rung, 

 with the labial prof. A simitar term occurs in Sindhi, paro, 

 " buffalo/' The Goud form is identical with Seythic terms for 

 "horse*' which are also found in Abor, Manyak and Gy am ug, 

 [See HoRBS 3, 7.] In more w^tern vocabularies it is applied to 

 the cow (or ** bull " as in Sclavonic, wol, wul, and English) j 

 " cow", Georgian pur, pudi, furi, puri, X'obali, Ai-meniau imrtze, 

 Amharic frec?a, Tamali pla». It k applied to the bull in Agan 

 bira, bera, bin, Gonga bero, Woratta bora, Tigre behherat, Hur- 

 rur bara, Arkiko whur. 



7. The Uraon udu, [com p. uru, " hog", Muldivian], Mundala 

 uri, Male oi [from ori probably], and the allied Southern terius for 

 ** bullock," yerutw Tarn., ycUu Karn,, yeUa TuL, are Caucasian, 

 ol, al Lesgi. The same root is a Ugrian term for llie " horse " 

 wol, wal, wyl, lo, hi, atajfAd, Turkish ulaA'Aa, los/ia, ycl/n. The Fin 

 lehmii lohma &c " cow " contains the same root. It is also found 

 in Africa, lah Danakil, ioh Sauraali, lam Amharic, lame Tigre, 

 lawoJii Galla, lowiie Suabeli, aira Dalla. It is also Iranian, 

 auroche, mus, &c, Aa a term for "buffalo" it is Dinvirlan and 



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