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ETHNOLOGY OP THE I>fDO-PACIFiC |SI^&KD3. 



sat is prol>fl>iIy Chinps/* nlso, Tlie Chinese root is very wiJely fpfeai 

 (IJgrinn, Irwiimn, Airiciin &c.) • 



liiil. i-t/(i, e-irt, i-air Kol ; a-ffa, u-kahf Gontl. (?ouir Kol rTinlectsbave 

 takuii lJuiiH terms). Tliiij is the Uravimn e (e-xhii, c-i, yo-du ^cj 



lnt\. iial, irl ia K<^] ; ilhar, elar-i/i, Goiid. This tf-rm appears to Tie 

 on ttrcluiif bimify on-, a flexion or j-nrltijiIicaUon ni' the Dravirjiin 2, ir, 

 and ifi l>e rt lwt*? i to 'li'it tor 9 attd 10, ns in tlie Drflvirifiu sy.'^tt'm. 



In soippof'bn UUniindiftn and Himaluytm lai-gnnges the term for 

 8 is 11 siiniliir fipxinn of the aiieicnt MoJj-AJirtm mui in r ibr '2 or 4. It 

 18 tniinij in tljc* Yuma group > iSici'lmrs,— rui-^'or Btiii^gu j rae 

 Kukt; !>nili Kn!*ia ; iiwi i a. C r-M cob?^ Kinmli, re yer; Murmi, Gu- 

 rung: ^irc (eomp 4, re, p^U Sir,.) 



Thrt otlr'T prevuleut ti^rma appear to have been adopte?! from tho 

 Chinese. Tbo M on An^eliain« Kq ami A nam tarn, apj u iirgto bi* Llif Cbi- 

 TJO-TiH(^hiti sum, turn, thsini 3 (5^ 3) on tljesHnie prinnile tiiat 7 ia 2 

 (6, "^J in many of tlie Uitniiutiiun an«l HimaJnyan lantrniigea, Tlie linr* 

 mpse sbif, ?i, Chong /. n-u^ Kyeui Hliat, Siiig|ihia mfl-l-at, Nuga cbelb, 

 chflt, ihutb, chut, mi, seji, fe, iha, Oaro cbet, probat^ly ijivohe a 

 jnisapplicnlion of tbe Cliinewe Icnu for 7, ch'bit, ch'lifr, sif, tbft, 

 tshih. The Abor-Miri p«-i>it-/to, Miri ;niiye, DapbJa plag-iiag are 

 4, 2. Binary terms tor 8 appear tu havr? lormeil the liiuit ur hiiibcs^t 

 Dumhfjr of the sruUe at one timCj for they have been applied to lU and 

 even 100 [See Tai.] 



Nme, 



Mon, ftff-chit; Ka, eliin ; Anam chin; Karen chi. Th's is the Chi- 

 nese If i. e. I shoit Of 10, as in Diavirian and Mikir. H be Chong Jt«-' 

 finr ii* pt'cuh'ar. it is pf-rbaps Irom the Cliino-Tib. aan 3. 



Jiid. — nr-eat ar-Ae, Rr-oiah. Aftbougb ur is apparrnJjy a fiexiou 

 of the ir oi' H4, which ia *2, it is probable that i( rfprfi5»*nts l.asintlio 

 Drnvi ian terms. In tlie Male ot-«, 1, tbe Drav. on lukrs a viiiratory 

 form, und in Tulnva tlii! common term lor 9j om-bodo (i. e. 1, 10), takes 

 or as a pre!', (t^z-ain-bo). 



Ten. 



/«f/.--gele'i, gel Kol , eiilra, gil, Gond, The AnErnmi and Mozome- 

 Angomi fcm% kurr rpsembb^s gel Kerr is cvidemly a de rival iv(' Jrom 

 the Nrtga thelu, m u &c. The only analo^'ous ior{fi;.'n ibrm appeors to 

 he tlju ("liiikrlii ktillc, ainJ bolli art* cojme-jtt?d \vj(li African farms for 1 

 {kwl[f>, Snkko &c.) flissi, 'JO, is evii/smly the Hindi bi.% ibe commEta- 

 tion of the labials aniftbp HS]jirate bein? easy und fonimun. 



In sevcraf of tJin Ultraindiun iHiigu^iges the African rr.ot for 2 in r, 

 which entera botb into tbo Draviriuii and Mon-Auam ayi*tems, re-np- 

 peara in Idj-her nura iers, a- in A'Vican faniriuiges, a con5rqueiife <d'tlie 

 uttirnate Inuary Imsi-j. Hue Bongzu rae. Kuki is 8, in ( honjj it is li), 

 in Laii iind Kambojim it i> 100 (roii, roe K., noi, hoe L ) In otiier Jan- 

 guBKCfl iilso it i> iLsed for 10. It appears in the Anam mare, Na^a /inr, 

 faiWi, thehi, At'i-r^ kwr^ and Kiimi ko-rf 10. With ibese C(m)pare tba 

 hinrni^w; /rtr. foya, Knren ^^^rayn, Mlkir pAar 100. [The Nan cowry 

 lam 10, Kh (!am, Annra tftm, Mon /clam, 100, nppear to be tbimed from. 

 6, nam, Inm, ram, or Jrom H, tani» Anam, Km] As a connectian be- 

 tween 8 and 10 or lUO exi^its in tbe case of rai, nud ia also remark- 

 ed m tbe Tibetan and Chinese systema, tbe latter ia probably the true 



