KTIIVOLOfiT OF TlIF tSTiO PAOlFfe Ur.A^DS. 



f'lnn ^lipT*m,'r?'ft ff-n»in£r, MiiTiipuri nTtnjEr-tfifim, in th'» Amim tim^-ticu 

 (HpTt hini^-*!*); nml, wuli thn slender vowel, in the Ahor yrt-linsr (cfjni|i, 

 tiviirung- fa-W ttir), Khun n-tiuv^. Tn tlif> Mnnipuri dial^ctti, tJjp Takpa 

 and Va<m diin^r, tmv/, mny hp tho pnmvt. rif tin- * r*trm.^, tiijj-inik, ting-- 

 m. f'vv'ft'.i, fmpr-vfriHTi, /■'//-xinfiv /("(t-sii'rnnp", /frt-clii-nutff, hntitiwmorf* 



5rn1nd)iO tlijit fhp*jf> )tr*" viiriiifi*>ns of tb*' siliilinit mot. The Turkis^h smd 

 Ion':vd t'omhinp a ^iTnilnr form af tbrt rout, tPirs. ten, {\mmetlmtf\y ve- 

 latndto thi* i"!unp<ii*, ti"ii) with i}tf U«rro-Tnrkifih ri mV k>'.. (t*^n*r-ri ^o,). 



Tlif ff form is ^till wuYf dilPisptl, //-m Mis^hini, mm. ninir in the 



jWfrdhi"- MiiTiipnii i'.iini><M;ndh iiiid in oih*ir:«, tiui*f-han, thniifr-won ; nm^- 

 tuf^tr no /'/^fj-mnar Dodo, /rf-hsins', jjc/-rap;', ,s*7-raniri ?si|inl, ."ffl-THni;:^ 



Mnlp.* Thd Mon-Anam voeubu-laries hflve p-len^ L'\mng., ^lod Ajiaia 

 {ah' in Mon 



Tin" llliatinii vfirin'ty hiis n verv nnrrow niiiu*e; and the ftinnji^dunfpj 

 ntiutr k.!'. (iTf ffmnd «*>.-ni-iat«(l wiih ziiur, xi, lin^r* raiiir <fer. ihn prf>tKiItiIity of 

 pimilar jj', ft, forniH linving' bern current in the J^itau dialeeta as well as in 

 the iJhofiini, with tfsr :nenninfr i-' hicreHiied. • 



Thf > a"ii-nr!irii|v'm mnc, ram", twifh thp /i-i-, pt^fixes of thstproup) 

 fipppiirs to have Ih^pti fftrricd alon;? tht' I lanrrfltv" bn^vn tn the Budo^, Ni- 

 |>aj«»-ti> nnd llajmahalis. It foriTfpond.^ with tin* Bhotijin lhak o»>, la mom. 



Thp 'I'ilwtrtn liqnid rtmt for irhiti' rti, lu appi-ars to Im fh<* wune root. 

 In tin* ( ;yaitin>jr mm it prpscnr^.s nn art-hair m final, as^ in iiam, rara &e. 



TliP f.au lom t/'t both tbp vowtl and fliuil. Comp. also the 

 fwmthcni fomiii for f /nVf, lum, dtnn, liiiifr, Inn, Ion*;:, rranp^ nun^f^ hin^j 

 ]np*f lak, lib, ri. The Bhotmn nam sktf mnst be coasidered ais a variety 

 of ninn;^ mnt, nfinfr, lhak kv., ffh\ .sht/, 7fin'ti' 5cc„ iind not of fliP Gliinese 

 hm Hxr {nntf ]i, •Jli). Hie Tak]Mi nam-diinff is evidently the same 

 OS the Nofjmxig: rmrg-tung, 



8ini^ Bat/. 



TliP saiTiP mot \» mm in Takpa p-laiip-, and H^rpa hn^ nlso the a form, 

 Wfm (Aniim n£n>i dm/). IJhotinn and \hinrak liare the plnndf-r form 

 nyi-wm, and it i^alrioUviinnjf;' ni (t'otnp. /rt-H air). With thf^ nieanioir 

 rfrty this form i;* BliotiaM, iiyi-mo, nyiii-)>*o, nyi-m, ijj-/wft, Hoqia nyi'-U% 

 Gyarunff nye, Takpa nyp-«-^f, JV. I Itr.iindiini, in jtll the jrroujis,— jty-ni» 

 trt-ni, f^f-nn, ti-m, hff-ni, ni, na<fc'v%, — JJljimnl and .>ii»al. In fhe Inst it. re- 

 tains the oripnal m*^anln|r of nhi), Mnrmi di'in, . sun, dnt/^ (inrimi,'' 

 f/ftt'-ni, smi^ di-ni^ dtnf, Thh fimn refpral^Ie to the ?Jtttra fi-ni. The 

 intraindinn f^ibilanf, variation cirn'ont in SinEriilio, s'-ni, may fw tbo original 

 of tht' Kavnhojan fi-iifff^i (alw ta-np-ai). Aiiam ha>i n^iii d/ttj from wliieh 

 it may be inferred tlait, in the Kamhojan, Chong' and Kii ta-ngaij the root 

 is ngai ; com|>. the Horpa npi mm. 



The Takpa nven-ir dm/ a]>]ifnr*i to hp yplfited tn tlie Bhot- nyin, Horpa 

 mr^'h* on one side, and to the Limbn ten-f/i7r, Kiranti len tm the other. 

 Abor hat* lorlg-e and Manipnii frff-lhan, l»n-la. Kupwi ri-mik (rhn/ rt/i'\ 



The KatnlMijan tiii":ei, fiminii, (id^o Ka, ClionprV, Jfon mnn txita-nf^-e, 

 Koren^T ting-nni niik (A^^'js rvt ), Lnbiippii tfiiiifr-mik (0^.), Tanj^kal, 

 ^'ftga, tin|,^4uj mm, resemble some of 1;he preceding' formal for sky and da t/, 



* In some dialects ransr ifli ery murh naed. Tf amJimi^ hm rnn'^-turif*' 

 5%, ( \Tntlinn ntfitr-imn .fww ), rtniir-vo li'//tfj iiiFig--nyj>k dtirk/trs „ mn^^ 

 y\ *f' Jh r.nip-pifTi n'ujhi^ kii -tba-A--itJiij[^ { rong'-dinfr Muthim j, ran^- 

 iftok tiiundiTi'^ (ilutlmu raiig-bm air), niag-fom clmi(h 



