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€h. pnt, pe\ hoi\ poi\ TU\n term "has not been borrowed by th6 

 TJIipfo-tj ItruiiKlisin Imitriinigi'S, It is found in Liiu, pfL 



The Ti\t<'J»n term y Urt/i/ud w, gi/€ s.* The anrif-rit form (firo'jnbly 

 Still |irt*vRf< nt in E. Tibfit J r*'<juirfa to be compttMsd witii tin* UilrMiniii in 

 and tinnmlayaii ierms in wJiirh r i^^ thei consonant. The Ktisifi prah. if 

 itrttoiul alone, nifglit seem to lie a contrfiction of nn ancient Tittrto-TJJ- 

 traiiiilifiij jbrni wbicU iHf^scji'VfMl the 'i'ibelun |n"p(ixuHl Ar, Bui ua the 

 K-fiftia term lor 2 h (Mon, Kol, Chong, mar, bttr it is mi're j/ro- 

 hnhU lUiH pmh h lornied iVotn it. In iniiny systt'insjirimarily Imst tl on 

 a binary »cfile, 4 and S are nio(lifit;ntii>n8 of i2. From thfl Knsia ioria 

 cornea iha Xictbai i momi. Tlui other allied lornis lose tho p. They 

 are rach Bonn, w,, mi-k«r Bonfijii, rw^ KnWi, rai, rhai MiJchunnng. 

 But sojne donljt is tlirovvji oa /vii by tbo Tifttwvlcitil <)f?((n', the ril><'(i«a 

 ibrra ghoh imxy^ nlso fuuriff in 'J'ibfierkati^ Finn I n* tifft rted by these 

 extrt?aio Wostern langnagea 01 Ihe Gunj^etic forinution as well m by 

 ftonip (it the extreoiG Eastern (©' g, Boilo) wSvveb have received it (Vojii 

 XJltrHimliii (Karen &c.) 'I'buso mtjmd (Tib £fit«), 6 iA inki {Tib w. /h*), 

 9 is (Tib Final i bi:iiig eoninion lo \Jikhannii'r and Bodo, 

 the Bongju and Kaki raif me are in lavonr oOrti Imviiig been ihe Ibrrrt 

 ol' the Ktiaia at\ ra^ % that (iirevailed in Bodo and the ether Gangetic 

 latiguagna and was ajnead as tar \vej*t a.n Kniniwar. The con J in on lU- 

 tmtihm\^e Qi' r m\i\ g or gh woaU\ of coui'i^a exjduin the conversion ot 

 the Tibetaj) gke iiitore m weJi m the Ultraindiau rn intogAa, the vowtd 

 being aairmll element in favour of Ultraiudiati origin. 'J he point liow- 

 ever ia^ I think, settled, l*t, by the eviilence in lavoiir of an early dif- 

 fusion oi" Ultraindiai! words up the (iaiiyetie basin and arros^ the 

 Kcatershed into tliat of the Sntleil^e, and aguroat any curly diil'ua^ion of 

 T^etan wordi Jroni the Sutltf%e down the Cran<fefic basin ; and S'nd 

 ^ihe Knsian torm prah Innng found in the Cheffasig prrrp, Gnrnng prf, 

 Murtni preh^ pre, Thi* Kirunti reya ^ives us the ro^Jt again. The torini 

 in/>rare connected not only wiih iln.i Moo-Anain irruj for 2, but with 

 the {jrevaient Burranh-Hiinnlayan terms tor 4, pa//, \ilL In fceveral of 

 the hingiisges 8 appear.^ us ii nicre flexion t>t 4 (i. e. 4 dnuJ). Gurang 

 4 pa f H pre. f n the Abor- Win' />(f-;iit;-k(t, Abor pt-nye, the Inbijii is 

 the term (or 4, (a-pt-ko, pu^ hu, Ni|iul, Al ilcbttnnnjr, coinbint'd with that 

 for *2 (r. e, 4 the 2nd time or twn e) In the Dupbla piagmg the 

 same eombiuation is Iburid (See*2, land 7). 



The i;ommon N. Ukrinudian trrm is a similar binary remnant. Bnrm., 

 shit^ghgitt st\ Khvfnpf >"A«/, Nnga Lmf, aclteih, nchat^ sachet, te, ^hi'stp, 

 ihtilh^ ihviha ; Singfdi. wiwtsuij nmknt^ Gujo chi't, Bodo jVi/.f All 

 theiii- fljjjjear to be inoditicatious ot a term |ire«erve<! in the Kininti 

 hatfi^ "J, Had iinvini; alhuities with some N, Asiatic binarv tern»» lor 

 8, i. e. Sanniiede *A//-'eili, sitl'w'wKn, Tungosinn d^chap^kuny Tbtf root 

 is priniarily 9,— J^anmie fe shit, sitf, side Sic, U^rrirm kit, het, hat, kttk 

 &C.&C, and may be recognised tn the Cbiuy-Tibetau *i, fi, a/ti &-0» 4 

 (i. e. 2 dual). 



Tbe Lfnibu ye^, Sun w. t/i>A, Dldmal j^*, are probably Tibetan (gge). 

 The Lepchft ka-*etf, kuAu probably an ancient terra tbrQie|j^ from the 



• [tiyarnng oryet, Takpa gyet.j 



