ETHNOLOGY OF TUK TXnO-PAClFtC ISLANDS. 



E-h.; tip^ ti K-t., kiid^ tin to k allied to tifcie Anam tho and dia, aad 

 Karabojan deiye. 



The Anem dat, Kbyen* det, Mon fe, and the Kol te, the, are of doubtful 

 affinity. Similar foime of ^h^e Bibilo-dentid root fur lartfe &c. occur^ e. g, 

 det Bodo. In the Anaiil! dat dai, dai is the qualitive ffreat^ but dat may 

 have been an older form. The Aryan d^a^ aeah, may posjsibly be tbe ori- 

 ginal of dtjt, dat. 



Mountain. 



The dental and dbihmt root appeara in general Co be the qnnlirivr. ! n-qt; 



Stane. 



The Bhotrnn do is probsibly n foi-m similar to the atmthern don?, and 

 ita etymolo|jy must shiire hi fclifi doubt<s that attach to it. The Ai/am da, 

 thachf Maram fr-tniij are also similar fonxirf of the denfo-sibilant roijt ipr 

 large J ta, tai Chinese, dai Anani, tui M. Mishmi, tau iS'ewarj, du (iaro. , 



4. The LuMal IlooL 



^ The labial root w not applied to carih in Tibetan, 



In the m\xVcx it occurs ni the Mon- Anain fiimily, Muthim, Dhimalj Abor, 

 liimati — g-enerolly in conjunction with another root. 



Moutiiam. 



The Gyarnng- *<z-vet, Thochu J-pya', indicatJi tliat the f^U form bad a 

 ftnal k, t, and that the Manyak bi is* a cout«n;tiou. 



In the muih the root h inre and the fonna ore diflerf^nt from the Ti- 

 betmi, SijiJTiiho having' linal -w, Manipuriun and ^fognutig -n, 



la Tibet, ^lanyak alone has the Inbial, wo. 



The 51on-KftHil>ojau gronp ha.-* it m a more archaic form, mok. In d|d- 

 tiact ibrma it id al^o fouud iii Mru, K^ia and Uruiin. 



From thr rnrih'- and the modp of distrilmf ion of the kbial, the little 

 conjjeetion between several of the forms, and the identity of ail with cur- 

 Tflnt forms for f/reutj rsivml^ fut it evidently the smrne root ; and it 

 was probably orjt^inally iiaetl a?i a qibditive in all CBse:^, as it Htill i.-* in 

 aeveml tjf tlie name.'^. ' Thus in the Jliithun b:i-wan it follows ha eartk 

 {(^omyi. tpt'td wa Burm., I'a .Sinsrpho, ranmd pan Altoiii, y«f kwi-j)aii 

 (Jyiinrntr); lai-pak ■Miinipuri has tbe eommou Muuipuric voQt tur enrth Uii^ 

 fu'llovvcd i>y a lorm uf the roflt lor hirfie which may Imj Manipric (bo 

 <]Ui^Utives 'l>cinjr included in the vocb.), and is mmiliir to the Leindia phut 

 eitrtk, Gyarunt^ ;«-vet, Thochu s-pya' moHntmn, and to the form of 

 Ibf; qtialitiw in Afwr )>ote, hrfftu Teu^m ta-hnky Khavi ifa-bit (=(!ff-vet 

 Vtyfir.}Jkt, Manyak wa' wo' round &c., and tt^the Mon-J\»aitH)jan ta-mtik, 

 tu-mo, litu;}^ {^ia-hiikftit Khai-i), Mtlu>uk wo-frt. The Siiif^iho bom 

 bum, jtiiiuntmn^ is the lihotian ftir^e horn. t*in|Er]dio itsflf lias phum fiaf^ 

 in iiodo [ihimii-, which the Mauipurie form fur vtonntam^ phuiig-. The 

 Kiimi mu^-, nioi miiiintni'i, Dbiinid bho-aoi earth (noi furth), Kiraiiti ba- 

 klui, Aboj- iiionjr are aLo similar to current forms of the C[ualidve — ba lar^e 

 SiRijpho, moil round hh. nti, pwi large Thouliu &c. 



