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JAffkt, 



•In the TlLetan vocabularies the root oecure rarely TFith the meanings 

 llffht. In Lhopa nam becomes dam with t\m m^mm^^ the Chai^lo 

 'liijIPL't jjm-APrving: fijrara. Herpti has the j^lpudt^r fnrin rbip, Msigar rnp, 

 CSuriing' M-Ia, Kininti nAi\-im chfl-wj;. The Lo]»cbu uom, prolmbly a 

 tontraction of ngiim. The Akii hangj .Sun war him{jr«>, Clii^pang' ongba ftj>- 

 ])e!irs to be a vnriiitioii of th« sibilunt form, sini^^ ."liim.L: &c. Naopa hfla 

 raTiffiii, roii;i:-To, Durman lariir, leu {day m J^imbu and Kimnti), Garo /f-iang-, 

 Bodo sh-rjiji!?, clju-vanjg. I Jtu hojs len^, Anana tlen, r^jng'-.^aai",*-, Kambo- 

 jan /)-Io (conVp, m-rn of the Gurung mxi^ inw ^kf/, Hurpa /jH-rva j also 

 jlm^p-ro wfttte {itrnd.)' 



Lept.hu w-i;hur Timbu tboni, is a farm piniilnr to tliij Bhotian 



l>tir wi/td, and Mongolian rt-hur, »-cliur. ahr «t> ; but it may be a^hn-r, 

 {—c'fM-Txmg Oodo), tho-ru. 



Tlie Chiiiepe wurd f««r f^// ly may >J<^ the ssimp riint nfrit Olieo-liii ; jit, jF, 

 rcit, f<«t^ yat in otber liiab'cf^, — fwji ngit tliifM', jit thuu, ysit tan, {<iuiji*s 

 h'ftd). ( iyumi hsiA re-thou (re for ue, ui) jtM/t, re-yai /;V/A/» Auum has for 

 sun jihit/iigut, nhut Chin, 



Fitr. 



Tlir Oliinrse and TibPto-Burman nmt t\tr Jftr is the bdiiiil (see 2). 

 JJiit ^(mi*- uf tbe Tihptii-Biirmau fnnnr* of th^;' / nmt iiiv found in Mon* 

 Anam vuLubuUirief? for Jin'f — ^*/-hin{jr, p-lnn;j: Kambojati, t Acn Chong, 

 lid, hia Aiiitm, dinf^ Kasia. The antiqnUy of tliese vocables is attested by 

 the root octturrijig" in the ij^nnip with t>(b«r niHiniacrt*, //-leii}*' JsJuf Chong-, 

 £"lot'i sktf AtiaiJi, rt/V Mon ; yM" lif/kt Kanilmjan ; luni, kmi air Lim. The 

 Kambtd.'ti fomi tuti^ in the Bhotiim lung- ^'^jV; TakjHi dung, Nagu nung^, 

 tiui^, AQam tung, sky. 



Mom, 



The prevalent Tibehm name i* the Hquid Tm\^ — the vowel broad ia 

 Bhot. iuid alender in the other dirdectH. White p. The variations 



are aiiuiili'.r to thtisM! whidi the root has with otla-r nieauin^s. Thiw the 

 Bhot. rAw-m mtum in t*imibir tlic a form for srt-rair &e., tlie -k he* 

 iitif pri'.Herved in Jlorpa 4-lik, moon, Bhut. lhak «//•, altljn>u>^'h lost in k, 

 dji m.o(f». 



The Bhot, ft form its found in Aiiara, The I^au fam, has the u form, com- 

 nson in mkitf, air, ahyjhr &c. 



In the south the hruatJ Bhot. form in eummon. Aka pa-la^ Mru puAd, 

 Mijhu ki, i\fanmi lha, Khoibu, Muring laii^-ht, Burm., Karen, Kami la, 

 ^lewftT rai-la, Sini'»\ar la to fi, Chepani^ la-/«r, Lr'pehti h^-vCj Limba 

 la-urf, Kiranti la di-imij Slurmi lha-ni, Clxauj^'-lo la-ni, IJiopa da«, Gurung" 

 Irtu ugi, KiiycJiHT A'A-lau. • 



The u, 0, i\mvi is found in Abor poAo^ p/iAoy Do[ihla /?y-lo, T. llxshmi 

 Aef-liuij Iho, Koreng' i7i«-rhu, Touii^-lhu lu, Kami Iho ; Luu IVim. Icun, lua 

 Khamti, deun Laos, dueu, dnm nimg Hiaui, deii Ahom. 



The slender form of Gyarung. Manviik and Tiikpa is found in Mifhun 

 lot-nn, Citiro rang' ret, Tablung' le, Khari ie-taj Dhimal ta-li, Clwnglo lu-ni, 

 Ksranti la di-ra^^ Murmi lha-ni. 



The fonns for ttar are similar to thofic for white. 



