KTnXOLOttY OF THE INDO.FACrFTC I»IANDS* 



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ftfnihlR tji> thp. l!t»'r coniTetf'tlHoqia rind Gyarun^r phru, prom. But the 

 more comtnun furm in wki<'h the roDt do^a not tuike tht^ Isibial prefix mudt 

 be of ohhr Tib^.tou derivation. 



Th(> mot iHiipfjli^'l to fifr, t/ght^ dm/j sky, wwaw, .^i /rj cj'c. The Tibf^taa 

 foi-m.s for caVh iYo, hotU tht- and a vowel, as well as the slender modilica- 

 fmii th;ik, diik; rhot, limp;, r \ u, xyu ; li. Tlie areliiuc iiiial coiisonnjitiH pre- 

 f^n'M in i^ome of t!x(';^fi foniLH. Hiuiilar fumi!* iire fmiiid in the eoutliem 

 voi-jihulitriftii. The variHtioii nniig-, "on^, Oiicrui^ iu ihe Miinipim f^r.; lom 

 in IjIu; andrritiij^, nuitf^, liint, lun kjc. in sw-vt-nil Nat4H-( i!inirf*ic vombn- 

 ];ii ir>j. 'Hi'! Tifwtmi namen for the mmn liuv»i cKti s;inip roat in the forms 

 k, dii, lik, Ih(*', If*,— lik. le' &c. retaining the if-nttunil iiiial as in lhak, 

 da' air. 'J'lic ii fymi is found in the fittu hi% fiifirn diipn, nnn^, Yuma 

 *-]u, lo. Anam Ji;w k-hiw^j f/-hvn\^, Ftir tiyarung' hiia i.^tj -iii : ?^am- 

 atm JT «ii?~rik ; Mountmg, I^au fam., lau, dflu, nau. [i5ee -4, Names of mnm.> 

 mafe natural cihipct^]. 



The t]!hiu'y« leuk, llqht in colour, is prohfibly the .sflme root. 

 3. The Thodni phyuk may be li wifkiuinj^ of an artiiaic form of 3» 

 phyok for phruk. Bolt tbnVe k nothjJig to justify such opinion, it 

 ina>t bf^ ccirwid'H-fd as a labial and txceptfbaal root. 



The Chiu.'se term is thf, same root, Kimnjjf-tun^ liream-vea the fuU 

 form [itik, Kwan-hwa htw pe. Itis foiuid ;dso in tlie Tungoidian bak-d:i, 

 wsi,^-"dn. Fin ha.-* wal-ii,"i, Uj^rian wt>i-kaii &c'., but the jjrevaJeiit iticy thic 

 fiwt.4 tire diilV'ivnt. y 



In the !Kmth it ia only found in the Lau family, and some of thelmwadi- 

 Gan^'Rtir %'o!'^bu!in'ie.^ thar have jnn.^t afHtdties with that family, 



Lau phfuk, AJiom pholc, Kh;<jnfi phuk, Khyoi*jj ?)uk, Bodo _(jr^/-phut, 

 ViM\i ho'<L-\miff^ JNaiiii rt-m, Miri /mw-po I'/rt^i, Tonn^-thu jmd Pwo kar™ 

 b AM, Hpiu Kafflu wrt, Magur ho-i'JtOy Huiiwar bvv*i-syf». ( iV'j^'u ting-[mk 

 s}f }f). From the vowf.! UjO, oajurnuj^: throu^^houtj all thojie forms appcsir 

 ti» Inf nsft^rable to n vi>C4t>ulary, ]u-obably the Lau. The coiitra)"tt:d 



Kiitja-KartiTi forms are the piirentH of the Nipul bo, hwi. Th^ o, u vowel 

 couiU'tilrt the l/flu wifcli the ThtJt^hn form siud not with the Chinese. 

 Thp Lau film, has al^o a distinet root khau, khoo|r. 

 The .\a;':a ?w/*-.^aii^, ta-7rni-^\nij^y m'-.siii^', Ijeng-, che, choh, Angami 

 cha, Uhimal jfl!^-/^T, Mon tchu^ Wltjobjir tc-so, ti-^o-abf Hunwar^j e of bwi- 

 syp, Tibr'rkhad ttlw)U«:, is a root eomnion as applied to li^ht^ star, nvttrn &c. 



The Thurhu i:hha', momif apjiRArsi to Ix? the same root. It occurs with 

 tliH Bame mt»ituiiig m the Mampiiriira A'«:-chang:, Mikhanang" /fYi-t^ihang: 

 (Tibeikhad ch;in^ whid:), Maiiyak natdi-ehaii dory, ,Wti. Jili ba-< /crt-Lnan, 

 Sing|>lio tsan, BodoshEin, Garii san, m-san, Na^ soiit Kol .sing-i, Burmaa 

 a-pi, N. Tiin^-khnl w-sna, Titit-rkhad nbaug'-wwi ^ tam^-niik i'u?* Luhupna 

 iff'iif-fjijf), tthi-mit N. Tangkliul, Li/jht, — Jili has tliwe, SinjLrpno 

 ninir-thoi, Tkn^khul she, shen, Ka-^ift Jfl-^hai. /?f«r,— In Ohiue=)fi it w u[»- 

 plifd f;o .itar, siii^j sin^, shan Kwant^t.; tjsin, t^iu^, u li^fht (in colour) 

 clear &u, .i'i*/ tsant,^ tien, tieu Chinese, yi tien day. 



Obs> 1* Boiti brond and «lend r forms tbi raws h&ve been •nci&ntljr 

 eorrent in Tibet ini have icocivad dlfFejaat rfialocde applicaiions. Tba saina 

 rout ban olao been applied differently in dlfr';rent dio'ccts. 'I htia nak nr Ink 

 js /7«c-t in one toc, cr&ip ia ti sccoad, blue in a (htrd, j^r^n in a Fourib, dafAfttHf^ 

 nighi, in it fifth. Shan ^^^c. is bhck ia one dinloci, nighty dark, htue, grevn, redt 

 in ntbera, Wbere «lio font has moro than one applicuTjon ia ilw atmo diafr ct \\m 

 diff^'ipiii ni'nningB are Funietirn s (ihtifiuui-Hotl by ilie diflniiives, aa ucll as bj 

 ,tiks km itdhf r€Ol< Tku tu« of (ho uef. £«D«rAUy atbiita^y* It sijm6tifu«« 



