liTilHOLOQY OF THIS INDO-PACIFIC ULANDS. HI 



kudure 



Karn, 



kudrtf 



KVLTg. 



kotu 



Andi 



kooto 



*) 



kut 



Ifeniaeian 



kus 



n 



kmta 



Malay, IndoneBian 



kudu 



Jm. (Kroroo) 



gliota 



Bengali 



gtiotak 





ghoda 



PaaUai 



god 



Deer 



gkunt 



Bokktra 



kon 



Ugriaii, Teiii^ciaai, Sclavonic. 



kuixde 



Samoido 



koiiia 



JTapan 



Tbe Yeniseiaii kut and Andi kuto, kofcUj are tlic closest foreign 

 terms to tbo Diraviriau kud, kuda wliiuh ia probably more ancient 

 in the Caiicaao -Indian province in both aurd and sonant forms 

 (Afghan-Bengali ghoda, god, ghotakj ghota) than the Cau- 

 jcaso-Kindi gour, ghora &c., although all are variations of the aam© 

 Scythic vocable, of which the primary form h kufi "eow" and the 

 root ku (CliinosD, Scythico-Iranian <fec. see Ccw 9), 



Tlie Totiiaeian term appears to be a native modification of the 

 TJgrian kus "cow," for kuB bears both meanings in Yeniaeian* 

 Caucasian and Dravirian vocabularies have many special Yeni- 

 seian and probably prc-Ugrian affinitioa. Amongat the Cancasian 

 vocabuJai'iea again, the Audi has several special affinities with Dra- 

 virian, in the lists of words 1 have eiamincd. For "horse" the 

 more prevalent Caucasian terms are ehn^ urshi, shi, chc, zclieni &c. 

 Scythico-Iranian), gour (E, Iranian, N. Indian). Kud h probably 

 of more archaic diirusion than these. 



Aa distinct Turkish, Ugrian ami other Mtd-Asiatic tenns have 

 found their way into Indian vocabuhiriea, it would appear that 

 the dominant Dmvirians of the earlier Indiau civilisation did not 

 roceivo ih© horse or its name I'rom a Turkish, Mongolian or even 

 Ugwan tribe. The Samkrib, Perao-Afghan and Semitic terms are 



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