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ETtxOLOCST OF THE IN'OO I'ACiriC l&LAKDS, 



h rare tis w/iUr. In the {■jeiit Suytbic alliance the only analo^ouH form* 

 in Jvla|jrinrh'd voinil»ularkH are tlie YtuiisL'ian duk, Fin tu-tze, za-t^e, 

 bu^vpvf^r iipjiiMT ti> Ijc referyblc to llie siljilant root. Tlie Lau tbiiu m pru- 

 0erv«d in iho Tunga^ian word, i'ur .sat luuii, iamu. U;iTian has ltd, a-ner, 

 tf-nver rUtr ( VV(ji,:a); Mongolian iiuhr, uor sirrt ; Turkii?li uehr; smd with 

 the prefix. ra-,tia- hu\]i ruuts are u;>+;d I'or sm te-iijjrer lluniirariaiij^ tt>-nyar 

 TunfJTus., ta-lai .Satuuit'd*', da-liti iluajr., tii-Ioi, 5a-lai, de-uyis Turkkh. 

 A cuniuioti Scjthic naiue fur .-a a and river ako oontjiiiia the Uqmdfoot, 

 niii-ren, tnn-raiij mu-ni, ma-ri, um-di, mu-uv, mii-L 



Tlie .Sn thic l oot^i aliso occur in the vocables for Hood, niilJi &c. 



The roLttoceujs upitlifd to bluod in latj hut of the Lau fam., in thfi 

 Arj an rak-ta, rat, ni-diva, It (iccurs in aiiuilar furins in Aincaa and 

 Asoiifbian ViH-tiUularit'.H {imttr, rt'vefj Utml). 



PuAriiblj thii Indn-llmupeiui lac mill! muy be tlie same root, but it iB at 

 prej?et too sjiora Jiu ty take its place within this circk of afhiiiliea. 



Th}* rout iipjteura to Ik' ime of the primary ones of the Tibetan family, 

 andj fj"OM» it^i rarity anJ the nature- of it.s dj^tribntioii in the A^o- African 

 glo:^sari<^;^ J to have Wvn uiie of the ejirlieiit dijtper&ed. It iipifoars to belong 

 to the west^TU or Ugro-Ininian Bide of the TibetaJi afliiiitiea and not to 

 the Ohiueiie and eajstera Sty tliie. 



fhi' Liihial Ihot. 



This root if? common in Rc>^thie, lndo-ETiTo]K^un,Cau(issian, DruTirian, and 

 Seraito-Aft tcaii, a.^ wtdi t\ rart\ ^n a, Mmd, kc, Itiit it h doubtful whether 

 ill the full fiDnnrt, in which itislulluwed by the bibilant, dental, liquid or g-ut- 

 tupftl, it is to bt* considered m the root or aa a prefix, ^he forms rau, wa, 

 bi kc. are LHjniparativfly mie, and, in ^--oneni], evidently mitraetioiis of 

 thode whicli have a .-itjcond clenient. Thutt both bi aud zi Mowi of 

 Caucjidian are relVruble to tlie r[ri"i;in vi-s &c. mitt'fj wi-r &c. l^hifd, be- 

 cause, from the prevalent forms for ffattr ai\d river ^ the vocabulary is clear* 

 ly L'yrinn (e. nnder p-:*i Cauc, wi-tz Goorfnan). In Llgriau th* 

 flamt! contrjietionM tuke place, e. miUr Ugr. wyut, ute, uit, wu, wqj 

 Samoidf l>i, it, i, bu &e. Caueadimi vocabukries appear in thiii, aa ia 

 other east\-i, to be immediately couneuted witli the tirchaic Ugrifln uud tvot 

 "with the Tibeto- Banna n. 'I'he common roots are subject to a .similar 

 ran^'-f? <jf tjiutrtfiuns in every coiiiii dent hie group of vovubu!iarie.-i, as in the 

 Uj^rijtn, Ea.st Suytldc, TilHtto-BuraiaUj Aisoiietjian, Caueuiuaii aud .Seiuito- 

 AJiicnn. 



In the U^qian hraneh the labio-Ufjuid is the common vocable for hlood 

 Fin wuo-ralv (the full Tihetati form of the liquid), wu-r^ we-ri, lua-le^ (lei- 

 pe)j U^jr. wa-r, wi-r, ille, &c., Koriai mu-lu — mu-1. 



iSaiukrit haa vfl-ri, vi a-ri tvuter. 



The Oumral Root. 



The grutturaJ ia Chineae. It is also a distinct Scythic root, kai, sdl, 

 ee &c; kua; y:oIj kuJ, lta\ guw, Semito-Libyjia khar, khor, koi «Ci; 

 Xhuviiiau. 



Earths. Mmntmti, Stme. 

 Earth. 

 Tibetan. 



1, sa Bli,j ft-chu Ilorpa, se* Gyi^r,, aa' Takpa \ sd-p Tlwckii. 



