114 ETKNOLOGT OF TITE IJfBO-PACmC ISLANDS, 



Prflvirian terms nre prei*t^rT<*(l i» the Korth Onnrjctlc; rlJnlprtjs, The Sfon- 

 Anaiii vwiibuliiries coiitiiiii ujTliuiu and nmJmi TilK:tim, and orehiiic 

 and modfiu L'hiiieee. nitmef*. Thf ijhinese uiimea dpijeur to Lave di** 

 placeti the mittve uiies iu several diiiilevtii. 



y. Suit. 



All the Tibetfln dinlects have thf snuip word,— Horpn, Bhotian nrvd Tnkpa 

 liBviji^a broad, nnd tht: Sifmi liiulfets a (jIhikIci*, vo\v(-I. 'i'ln- nhmyt uc- 

 cent of llorjia, Thochu, Gyiuiiiij.'- aud Mam ok mdicufLH ijii aicliHi*; gut* 

 tural final. 



The root i:* not Chinese, but Sfythic. It ia common to all the Scythk 

 famiiif^s, and in moft of th^mit oreiir** lioth with tlie liquid ai>d tltnto- 

 gQttural finabj and aliiu >virin.iut thetu. Korea Htjk-(>w/t i^uli-./w/ Ye- 

 uineian chhyjj-, Simioietie i*hak, suk ; .-^jr, sir, si. Lghuu eidij »ek; chid 

 eal, solj mUiHt ; wot, sow, no See. 



Thrrooi' !:]i^f'ar>fol>e tlie*«4»inethntia ujM!*d for W/ife', ami npi-lirdto vn ious 

 "white or hi'iglit olyecta, ntooyi^silir?- kc. &e, <nntB i\ 'Jl*). 'i"hu.-» itfttnuuwle 

 has birrj wii, kyr ^Itr. /rA(7r, m//, ^senwi-liire siivir; Viii'mn bsMsor-w^, 

 6ar-«(, sail-/ w/ /f/tif , wl-v;? .sd///, Htii-?//i s/ln r. 'J'he Yeiiift'iiiii chhyg 

 owurt* for WmV^ in lyi^-bi? Vt'ii., tjaji:, cha^^ a &f. Suiisoiede. The 

 Ar;j)enia» m/t to ht' the I {iTiaii and TurkiHli nk, a^h» tv/tite. 



lixii root is one of the archui^ and widely d i tin .H*>d on cft ui the jtso'o-Srvfhic 

 Tocabulary • Cauwisian fircmvtyja j*rimiiiy funiii*liu^, thohli. J t l-u.^ also t nu» 

 in m, n, and vocaiL-sotl, — Kuni, '/.y .nu, zya, zun, ehiaj r.iu, zv, p-m Lesff. 

 Jifijirrreliuii hiieaihumi hthI l^ixinu chunm. Jn LiuTkeidan tl:e same root 

 is tchih- Mild flrt/f, — cllUf^^),J^ll^h /rA//r, tbnsh wJr. 



The nibilu-lif]nid furuj i^fuumlin the ltido-Kuio|«'ah family, — M. will, ?b1, 

 «alz, ^o«t &e.,— Diid ill ft few AJritaii lan^ua^es,— s^init fiiia MulnjEju* 

 py, finj^tt Slianpila, //j-tili Urtn?4i, //^-^iil' Karekare, tfi*-y:i-Wm, ///-Meli 

 jiude jirr., ffO-{{(t-ii]\\ Jiai:b('ni!i, i-ai iMiuunuji, dM-seni i\andin. [.sulo 

 Kitboiidfl, nilzolu JIuubomn, piob. J.uro|^]. An iii jtmii vccmi 

 in tion^iu shuiu-Z'f. Aii o!d*r Hrytldi- ii»rnk oc(•ur.^ in Ttniji Bfk, 

 llani tok, (joali aa^-lele ; and ji ijibiiimt root witii*-itl u Jinal ani.-(n.at;l i» 

 con)., cha-u'/.vA, chan . ilytic; iLua, v\ta-iri, w/tf-'i, me-^ft. 



aa, ft-tu, rt-l"o, wiz-^i, w-w^^tU, <i-t(!«i, f-^i, i-zo, e-nia, >/ti-iHi, y ^^^^ 

 mv'-si-s. The Semitic ruut iHilitivrt ut,— J«ielai?li, unh'h, lb, :iuilbut, ouu 

 itii^fonnd ttjioraJi willy \n Afiiiaj inrh K^yiirimj, niiUik liL^iaii, intr 

 LaridQina, Bu*ra, 'J'bi:> nniir -annn'UJk AinuMU ii'otti are the liijoid, u-nua. 

 *i-nuk, 7-iion, bft-nu^ n-jux. t-ro, bu'Wt^jit-ui-mt, p</-naHi, kim-diim auci 

 ■the fTiittonil koro, kiri, k«n, rt-kod, ^-kan, j/K-i-tiiiirafSiJ*;^!;!!!!. 



From the tieorjiian luiiili,, and the jjunt'ial ■jlo.Hsarial eojjmetion between 

 the Htniiito-Ariiaiii vtud (he rinji'»Mi.in vorahaliiries, it, is^tnilKibie that tlnj 

 tnel, mil of theSHmitii- woiri irf ndi.sri.ict ruut, and I bat the Chaldi-e mil- 

 chu, Synnc inel-clio, A.^i^ymjj niil-rhii, jire.-^eiTe the couijrfUiiid best. If 

 aoj liie ytcoad element woo id a [OH'jir lu Ik; the f^evlkii', Tibs^tiui, Cauea- 

 idan u:id Afiirtui rout, and rhe lirr-t the rtemiio-Afnenn, lintviriun and 

 8ey t hie root for wAiftMhat i;* ?o prtdifio in names of white and hn;rht 

 objeL'tft (ehap- V. sec. 11, Iron, Silver), The funn t»f (be t^ci-ond eh iiifnt 

 chu, cba, eho, is that wbieb tbe >ibilant root rt-tuhiS in Tigre, A^uu and 

 Gonpi, eba-//'^, eliu-u, Hhum-i'i/ (ur abu-z/j^w). 



Ill tbtt *iionth tbe Tibetyn root ii* vtry common. Mi>rtt of the forms nii- 

 pear to be moio or<;baie tban any of tbe cmreiiT Tibetan, aiai lo be (pfera- 

 tie to aa -m aud u.ut t<j a -k variety, Fvfr>Jibi> ike Chiuese jiuu, im^ 



