STfltfOIiOGT OF THE IXDO-PACTFIC I9LANDS<u. 



Hfiirkieh ftbiah, zi*, ahi kc, in aliisli-/F/<M, ahi-A//w, ehy?hi See.), and a simi* 

 liir root is combined with the labial root in the llgriiiii me-tschik, iaa-t<;kfi, 

 nii-sjik, and Mongal mi-choi [aho iiiii) cat. 



lii the Tibetaa vocabularii^.K (ilorpii iW weJl ha Sifaii) the sibilant root if 

 the prevalent one IW ffvuty chaiig, dihc, tsali, t^o. It is a coijinwn ^^cythia 

 rootj occiirringr in nann,t':i for t\w cuw, Awsr, dotf, hwf, mn/gr mid s/taep. 1% 

 iti doubtle** applied to the ijoiit also, but moat of Klawmth's Soytliic voca- 



to.the jyort^. It ifi the pr<>Viilent Caucai^iiUi root — sie, t/in, etcba, clmn^ 

 zu-ku, tn-ka, ze-ki, ka-zti, E, Caucuj^ian ; ^n-^t: Jlisjejian, if'-xhen, Khi-ma^ 

 tUrcassian; tcha Georpan, sa*<ra, t^ii-fr, xan, /sin-ek Osmetic; Indo-Euro- 

 pean zie-gpe, chha-ffal, (.'hha-t*-, ii^jn, ehJiti-lo, tHa-wul; 8eiuito-AfricjiLn ne- 

 ae» Hi-8ft, £-//r-ao, i-mi-diu, [its, i'ua, s/icip OfistJtic], iic-^ha, »ld3f 



sikh, e-m, mfnt-ti, si, si-«« 



The saine root has as great a mniafe in its application to the cow. The 

 Tibetan ayah, zi, clmk, are Hcythii; lu their ininiwliate affinities. Chiik ta 

 Tungiuiian eh>ni-kun, hu-kur, ku-kur, Yenis^ iaii thu-iiu, tu-k ice. The 

 root haii the *auie appUaition in the T'^ritm ish, oah kc. a.!' [Ijtdo-Eur. 

 ochSj ox &c.], Mon^xjlian j^har, zm hull ; CiUKiiusian i.-*, 03, ota, atu, ijat, 

 n-itx kf .-^ 1 1 iilti- European ocJus, ox, oss, os.sy &c. 



All the appliaititjns of th« sibilant appear to bp .'^flythic in thoir affini- 

 ties, Chiue.^ d<n,*.-^ not u^e thi.^ roofi fur the /ww, ^*:///«/ or firt/. It iu applied 

 to the Mnre shif, she, Huff chu, chi i:c-, -:l///.v7i dt^rr .nhe, Mon.tn ahik, «hu 

 (jv^ iu Turkish &e.), ii't/i shu, chuk; and in the same form to the squirrrl 

 and nrtmt'l with qiinlitive root* pri^jia^^ed. The Chinej^e chi, rhat, sinllwi^ 

 uftj*earri to lie the same root in its majsctilint Tibetan, Soytliicj Uaucasiau 

 and indo-European application. 



The diiiital root is, in many cases, the mma as the sibilant, and has i 

 simiUr ran;/e. As a nante for the Hur.if the Hhotian /-ta, ta ii^ cogiiat*? 

 not oidy with the Turkish at, ut, hut with tlie Clunc^e sine, .she; f^cythiu 

 sha of '«/rt-sha (Ut^ro-Turk.), indo-Euronean iu»-w, n^h-zra^ tzi, Cauca- 

 nan shn, shi, die, chak fcc, .SemiHe sus^ ha«-<5«, hiB-fln, Ai'iieau eia, es, 

 sy, si, sUf so, deuj e-si, e-d*i, a-shi. The Bhotian ta ajtpear.^ to be lui 

 tu-ehaic form. It is found (reduplicated hke s of the Hebrew .sus) in the 

 Dravirian and N. Inihan t-ata, tiitu. Exactly siniiiir terms iu taMd a or 

 sh nre widely cnrrent names for the ddffj ha//f and 



The llorpa ku-td, Mnnyak k-A\m, da/f con-esnond witli the Turklnh eda, 

 it, ofc, Koriak ji-tim, a-tar Kanjflchatkon kt^tan, ko-gha Aino 

 stah-pu, Veid^m tzi, i^-tseha, t^kilui*, tip &c. 



Theiihotian and Horpa .f-ta^*-, tak, Tif/rr, h a can!«)nantal andprobafaly 

 more ar<'haie form of the aaine root. 



From this form, the H-bru})t accent nf tii imd sha, and tlie application of 

 the root to the dot/, htynse and tirfa-j it is probable that tlie rout waa one of 

 the primarj' onen of the Tibetan glosaarj^ 



Like the labial and hquid roots it^ primary application wa.s al^o to Many 

 and most commonly in the sense of Father, Pro/^eiiitor It occurs in 



many families in retlnplicitted forms tatiij tlndft. titi kc. In the Scythic to- 

 cabutarie^ it is equally common with the lahiamiot, an the word for FftiItt/\ 

 Usrrian isi, ese, atte, atw, t^ito, tatei &c,, T urkish atm, iite, a.sio, Mongol 

 etticlii, eti«hi-^e &<;., Japan titi, tsit^i, kc. kc. The reduplicRted Scythio. 

 form is also liwlo- Europan and Zimbian. In the liimalaic family it does 

 ml wppeur to be oae oi the primary and prohtic roots, but it occurs in 



