KfrffWOLOQY OF THE TSDO-PACTFIO ISIAMDS,' 

 APP£NBI£ TO CHAP, T. OF ?ART IL 



A. 



COMPAEATlva TOCABOULBY OP THE NUStBliAI.S QV THE 



Owe. 



a. Omii Tarn, ; onun, wunuu M., on/tTuI.j Tud-; und* Gond., mt&^ 

 Vmon-f or/, ork/owi/ Miil*?. (Uoot, on), 

 h. Td. vokati, Tod. vodiln. 



On ke, is a very archaic Asiatic particle, and current in mfinj Tan- 

 gnagt'S as a definitive or itrticie and unit. U h chi«fly prevalent at the 

 w**!4ttMfi and flO-stern extremhles ot il^e Old World. Eurofnf ' — rm, oitio, 

 wr»na, OHO ( Willi ). Africa :—u»n Bf^rht^r^ ycnu SUilluh, waul Futu, 

 Jbo, na-Tfa Kaslmaj inni-Ae DiaitikiJ i>rid Amharic, mMe Titrro, itr^d 

 KaKr. JV. E. /Isii'a Samoidf liio/, Koriak oik'm Kanich An'mi (Air, 

 akuii It hq* also mn if itii way inio Amcrit-fi, tbniid id -onif» 



till tlio i^f'wx and CaJillji'jiiaa lsinj^*img(-?s :— iTari-fAf, yon-Zmi', n'l-fgfM 

 heuii'i Sun Raph. (Kmncli). In iIip MoiiuaJ nl-fro, iii is probably 

 a pTef. (i lit, coinp. DannkiJ iani-Zr). Ttii? Tungiisfnn and t^amoide 

 uiiiun, tJjJi &c. iiffiy he nAntvd In on. but it is more probable that they are 

 coniH'ftc'd with (hi? Jabial df'ftiufi¥«. T-i (lui past mid south ol' the Dra^ 

 ■ririan r^ijiioa it is Tound in the Lau nxins^, ahig, (also a tiemonaU'fttive), 

 Jij'-otiar f-ng, atid in several Asurnis a u lanr;uafjea. 



The c^cc?pti.tiial I'ldugu vokaf/. Tod vodda, ia a rare bat widely 

 Bcaltcred (;onil<iuafion ol two comuK n mimorai n,nd dciinito eleinpnta 

 (iii.mp. afok Tuujbukfn ; voikp, tcit Ugriaa ; fito Ja|>an j woto KaUi , 

 (Ceiebu^), muta, woka^ Aastraiia.) *> 



Two, 



Iniwhi Tnni ; vrnidu Mai.; yethi Tod. (root elided) ; t/evRdn, mudHf 

 eTmi TnJ.: evufin Km;; rcnd/i^ 7/t:nidit, 'I'eK; ra?^K^ Gftnd ; e-Jio-tan, 

 tJrao ; (tmt, liiahui). The root is evidently er, ir, with or without a 

 f), f fixed vovvL'i, w/ lie jij<r an euphonio augiuent of the dffinitive postf. 

 TJiis dflHnitJvp (varied'by the ( liange oi'ihf; consoimot to f/, 1, n <5r) is 

 one of the mo^t prevalent termn tbr"-2 ia Asia and Kiirojie (Iranian). la 

 N. Asia it isrrm*, but r is an element in Mongol, Tiingusiaa and Koriak 

 terius, ir,, i<ieuh'ml with the Draviriai:, (s tlie North " hinefte term- 

 In the original Irauia i. d k conibined with a labtal defiiii'ttve, and the 

 few E Ai'rican term>* are evidently ot Iranian origin (Danaki), Oalla, 

 JVIaliigasi and its numerous Asonesian derivatives). The Georgian i/em, 

 iitnr, ori, shhi '* two " probably ])resent3 the oriffinal o t ttie N . Asiatic 

 and Dravirian tei mSj beeau.-,e it'is regalarJy formed Irotn 1, to whieh. 

 inilerd the ru, ri ifec properly belong. The form in " one "'«r, isatiill 

 closer to the uravirian, ar being an inversion oi'ra. 



Three, 



Mttnm Tarn.; mumutpf m\im Mal.j min, mudut Tod.; mti/i TuLj ■ 

 murii Kan; ni uf^// Tel.- niu?i?/ Gond ; ma-ne-tam Uraou; (musit Bra* 

 tui, Comp mu/iTtil). (Iloot, imi.) 



ThiiS numeraJ (tlie labial d-n. im, vfi, bit, va 1^0,) is not Iranian or Sfi- 

 mitii;, HvLiii m CuucuiilaBj ^iaticj md Alricaa. Cauc. mi (couibiu^ 



