tiTUN'OLOQT OF tllE INCO-PACIFfC li LANDS. 



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The Khftri mvHntftin hiia the plenrlfr form applied to lar^jfi in 



Kbttri jteelf fta in Teug^, Tiiochu ond Ghineire, and to JiU ill the lau fam . 



fl, STA^r Outttfral Foot, 

 Mirth , J/o //H in . 



The iruttunil root is not Tibetan, It in found in that ninjro of the 9o«th- 

 «rn vociibiilaries which has the greater proportion of aiciiiiic ilimakiu and 

 Indian vocables— An am , lion, YumOt N. Gaiigetic The must common 

 fonna khon, kon^ kung, kang &c. h^t adbei« to the primary form — kuimu 

 he. Urav, 



Tlie Horp pn, Tho^-hu jsrho, Takpa jyo, Gjarun^ pi, [a not found in the 

 fou-lt. It IS probabSy a (Tumnaratively late 8cvthi(;Hfy|uiflition. The Bra- 

 tiiiaji km, kol, koUu, kuliu ha^ distinct Scy title utiinities^ 



The qualitives for ^rmt^ round, fut, kiffk, long-Anto many of the names 

 for which, the same root fnteri^— apijear to be Udfd in the piesent clai^ of 

 worda to feme extent. The iiii]ierfection of tlie voeabiilmiea is a hor to 

 oar discriminating tliem from the wubiitiintive roots, w iih some of whieb 

 they are phonetidilly identicuh The wurds -^aveii for t arth vary in their 

 meaniiige* from tJie mere sail, to hind {generally, \a the eurth an a whole, to 

 a partiuxtW ctmntry &c., and it is qiuU^ j>ott:*ible that, in tiie wider npplica- 

 tionn, the qualitive great may have fttrnjed iHirt of the name. That it 

 should 0€cur in word!t« for mtmntnhi h more om iou;*. The j^ame root oo* 

 curs in namej* for earth and intone, and tlie epithet lartje mi«^ht readily be 

 applied to rocka aa well aa luountains in the Tibeto-Himidayim region. 



In the nanaea b»-ho, Iki-Jo, cha-ju, ha'chur, tok-aoug' mimntt/in (0), in 

 wliich hn, cha, is tlie uibilo-aHiiinite root utted for airih, land, the second 

 element appears to he, w ithout doubt, a lliinalaiu qualitive for f/rcai, hiffh^ 

 Uilt &c. 8U, thu, tho, sung-, jo nSco. (jj. 30 t»j ond in the Deor. bh. 

 tf-tdn, Sgau Karen ka-UUi the same qaalitive appear:^ to be used aa the 

 root, 



The Manipuri t-hinpr, eJieinfr, tbin^, are much cL^Her to other foniifl of 

 the eilftlant root tor hirtftf A:e. tlmn to an^' of the undoubtetl vaiiations of 

 tfjC liquid root for mmintftin^ vtirth. The adjaeent ^ aga has the broad fomi 

 chung, choiif^ lar^/e. The .Hii, Burman and Mru touffj uiung:, tung", 

 ahungr mountain, may also l>e referable to this root. Tong again is so dose 

 to dong &c. that it niiBettle..-i its r(']ationshi|i also. 



In lo-di ( .1 ) the slander form oC the iiame qualitive foUowi the liqnid 

 root (hrf/e thi Gyarung, ti Lepcha Sec.) 



The labial is" clearly the root for /w^fi' &c. 



The motit common liquid root for earth, mauniain and stone is phoneti- 

 cally identical, in mo;it of its variation.*!, with the liquid rocjt tor grmt &c. 

 But as this is utceesai ily the ease whenever the sjniif wound funns diifei* 

 ent roots,, each with several ajijthcationj*, it does not aeeru possible, with, 

 the preaent small vocabularies, to say if the identity be more tliuii phonetic. 



Extvrnal Relations. 



1 afid 3. Earth. The sibilo-aapirate ga, eha, hn, tha, z\ mrik is probably 

 Oonncclcd archaically with the Chineae ti, tien, tin, tlio. 



