IIB 



ITHBOLOftT or TSS TinJO-PAClTJC ISLAlfUS, 



taken from the adjacent Scytliic family. The Yakuzl;i Tiingustan hcs- 

 larin 0old u a variation of the word for rrd chola-rin ; t\,e Lamnti dinliM^ 

 haa ulatv- ahi^nigiun rfd-sih-er (uktyii rwl), and the common Scythic 

 altyn, ditan, almn, appeurs to be a variation of the foim for rrdj the full 

 root hemg kula, choln, [ula-///«=kula-^rrw], in U^iiiti ^or-d, jsror-de, 

 kd-bou &c. Some Turkish diiilr-cU Imve lkyj?y]- kumyoa red'Silnr, or 

 iimply kyayl - Yaknti pretix(TH tlie word n'kiie to sllvtr urj'oa-kumiiff. 

 In some of the Les^rian dialects the same root amtfl, araz i» both 

 white and nthtr ; and it recurs with the former meaning In N ilotic dialecti 

 xrsa Woratta kc. 



2. hkh. Thb exc*>ptiontil Takna form is prohablv a variation of the 

 Tibeto-Buniian root for i^i^icAimkJak, reg &c. itc. (St* p. 25ir*«j.). 



Southern terms. 



1. The broad fonn ia found in the Burn*, than, Mce Kumi jU-dariiir, 

 SonjGfpu «-tan, ^sliuh. jan, Matin, jian, Jt»b., iiuk, Tah. yan, Ang-iimi 

 thc-\u (M. A, je), thrt Karen, tai Touiig-thu. 



The archaic Bhotian pjuttural h preaerted in the Khoibn Hak-wa, Ko- 

 reniT chag-hi, Anam Bat (comp. Chineae sik tiuj tit iron), Tiberkhud 

 cihaka. 



Slender forms are conimon, teng-gri Mijhu M,, tei, si Tayiogr M., thin 

 Kapwi, tin Luhufipa, thir Maniij;, rhior f>. Tangkhnl, Ai-yinp Kyaw, 



E"n Tengmij >!o^^aiiii|r, a-yin Khori, je Moa, An«r*; tir Kyau Luntfkhpj thi 

 hypnjf, inv-€hin Mikir, k]mn Kainij thtiiu JSak, say-thi Touug-lhu 5 Dhi* 

 mal cbir, Ijepcha pan-jing'. 



The u, o form of IIor|>fl, Thochu and Gyanuig: ia fomid in G&ro ehur 

 (Thochn aor-rrw), Bmlo chur, Mnin^ tcho, Anganii /At>ju, Beoria Chuti« 

 Bmigy Mon jm-soe frff-sway, ^/y-rhway, 



2. I'he Takpa lekh m found m ihekk, lik of the Lau fam", dek^ dtk 

 Kamhojun. iSorae Irawtidy tenns which 1 forrLerly considered to be 

 Uravirian, ajipeflr to be varifltiona of this root. 



wa-ru. Tttii^khul, wm-ri S.T,,m;j-ri Sin|rpho, rt-nik ChamphunjTtrunpr, 

 TtiiifP-rm Milchaiiang-. Rok, luk, lok are current forms of the Tibeto- Bur- 

 man root for Mmk. The sunie ruot probably occury with the gritturol pref, 

 in the Abor yo-gir, i">-g-id, i/A-g-nrah, Jlijhu tenfr-gri, Sunwar wa o-kli, 

 (tjiagjjho hrim mn-gri). The analy!*ifl iA probably tf-n, A-li, tpi-rtih. Sue. 



S, Aa-phfl Marani, fu-phs Jili, ^'-niau, ta-mOf ifff-mhu Kbumi; I^pchsi 

 pau-jing', Limbu phen-je, Kiranti, Magar pha-lam, Murmi ph«-i, Gu- 

 rung pa-i, Sun war wa wkli, Ka mam. Kiranti, Magtir pini-hiro. Thf 

 labial IS Dravirian, panna Traon, karu-mban, ka-bina &t\ ri. Drav. 



4. nar Kajsia, na Newar. 



Ona, 1. The broad and full Sifan form aor, sho ( r ), chu ( r ), it 

 found in Btido and Garo; the mure prevalent slender iWjus in r — uTsu 

 refemble to it— are chiefly found in the Manipuri and Yuiua jfroup. Th« 

 a form distininni^hed the' Burman, Karen and several ^'ag^l diiilecU-; if 

 luay be Bhotian, chang, than for cbag'. 



2, The liquid name aitpeara from Its variatifnis to be arrfmic. TIi« 

 slender full foim connect^. Tukpa and Xmu. 'wliile the contracted form, ^ it^ 

 the /jutt. pref.j ia common to Sing^ho, MijbK, Abor and .Sunwar, and, 

 with the labial pref. ia com. to Siagpho ajid S. Tangkul Broad I'omm Iik« 

 the Champhnng tt-mk, and Milch, run, ^-ron — found so far a|>art— wig"- 

 ge&t that this word* derived from the native root for hlackf was the earlieT 

 dif uuve Tibeto-Burtpan muae. It may liftve been UiM of the ttmt Hi* 



