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Mm ^um m t^am'^^mm 30, the vinvel agTff mjr wiili Unit of 9, kau 

 Kuiiii, Lnu &c. In u sl«iider i\mn il U Mwut^d in the 10 ol" Mikir kep, 

 Kiruriti ki^i, Mijiiti ky«ii i iryei) m'M}, Clif itaii^f^yib, und Kliyfiir*- gi|t, ( m 

 3<>, -40, oti'}. In liit<'r priinary tuiniHit \^ cuneiitin 1 ol' Tiiyiiji]ir kfii, khiuir j; 

 ttTid in ti of Abor, Cluni^'-lOt Xevviir innl KaieHjf kunj^f, khunii, t^hu, khu, 

 ken,ke, ff-k. Of this unctetit ]>liia>e al the ChiuHse .syritfiJi the Miiriyalt 

 7, Jt'kwi: the Bbutiiin iiiid Mijhu 8, ^yud» n^iuu; tho Horjui, JJupliJa, 

 (iaro aim Muriiii 10, ^-ti, ka, kiiiitr, kuu ; and ike common Chinu-lliinijlaic 

 9 are rpuaiiaiit!*. The n form occurs in tli« S of iJ«war, guu, uud ol Tay- 

 iijjl^, ko!i-yon*j. 



like 10, 100, KKX) — apyieara in many dinlects to have be«n a 

 sul>3t*i!itiv« nunihei") equiviilt'iit to i/ni seo/'(\ or score uuc. Siuiiliir forme 

 of the jfuttural utjitiiif |«rr'sf*rveiil in it^ tiie >ulwt:iiitive word bciii^ lo>Jtai 

 in 10, 1 Do &c,, and the unit liavinir it?telf aL'i|uin'd the ineaninic amre* 

 Sitigjiho klmii[:=kuii 10 .Munni, -xmi in 9 luul 100 New.], Cauhari Hoda 

 vtu-khon, Sak hun [— kuii], ^Sliitniu /w-ku, Angami m--ku, mit ku^ Khmi 

 nw-khi; Chtinjrlo iihai tUur (thiir 1), Undo <:h<i-kat Hn, -JO, khf-njru 100 

 (.wort's 5), h\nt[n\ kht* chik (tliik 1), Le|>ciiti klm-ka-t (kn-t 1) 20, kha 

 pha-n^nn lOl) (jitws '>), Giirun^'" ku-ti. \\ ith linal r or 1 fur ii it ocoura 

 in K-hyenfT knr, Muiii[iuri kul. Mikir //i..'/-kul^ iffg-ku\, Ariui;;' nij kai 

 (in lOff Ijiii), Murmi ho- kul (iti IW /jd-kul n^ra, .ffwvjf ;>), rianwiir khai*kffl. 

 lu tht^ Kami kn '-iO (hasuh 10), bntli kn and suh apjiear to have the 

 pinvtM''if 1(1 like the two elt^uii^uf?* in the 4i:in> clii-f-kaii;,''. 



iVicuUari, one uf the ohle.st diale<:tii of th<j mixed Yiima-^rimipun und 

 M'>n-An'<Hn t^roup^ hiM hiriif, eui^- in 1, a;ian» keiU for lU iti ."10, 40 &c, 

 TlieasjiiniM' form corresiinnds with the (common A'ioolwri preHx, wfheli, in 

 the Bwrak jLfrfin[» (I\a>ia, Mikir, Jiodo, .Xaui.^anir, Siiigpho Su-.), is ^eeii to 

 be a derivative from the Lniftund (kin, ix'm =hin, mi). i\ii:oHari has 

 iilfo an in-ctiiiic form in 7,A"*ki!it, corre?^[aaidin;r witfi tliu Le|Kijii Art-kyok 



(if the TihetiUi unit IkhI not heetnur cunliui-d to U whtn the rtY.steiii sjo'eud 

 t^onth; and the di.'^frilnititin af ail ttic hiniihn* forms i',-^tal)}i.sbes thejjultnral 

 as the current uoit. of ikii A bor-Viiina or oldest Ti!>etan nii;j:i-ati(ni. As 

 the extant fonns are nemly all of the later tvjte, klnm;r, khnn, kyok, 

 kyot, we caimot infer horn them alone, that the older form in k-m 

 or k-p \VA$ thut of the Gr>t Tiheiaii nn^niiiou. Out a.n they an; asjjodated 

 with k-u formn in a few diulerts it hec imes |oobahh; that the later forms 

 are locul or boiitheni vari-.uioiM of the tildor ; (*r that both -in or -ji and 

 "Dj^f -11 (oriiu weru pot^essed by the diuleets of the first tui^ratioti. 



The pa.-^snge of the ffnittural into a.spirate and sihilant forms— either 

 directly or through the dontal — throws fnuhi'r li^rht on the distribution of 

 the oldest Tibetan forms of the d^Hnitivc and unit. There are remiiuufs 

 of a sibilant unit with tiiuil ui and n^'- in 1, 10, 20^ and lOu a.*! well aa ia 

 3, and the.so afipear ttt a'soiaate liieni.selve.^ with the f"*rnw in khuii}?, 

 khirifi', hiufx &:<■., htith haviny- a corninnii ptiint of dejuirture in a tyjacttl 

 kinnii^ kliain. iJhotinn ha.^ tbmn in 10 nod 100, and Mijhu has the s^aii d 

 form with a uint power in it:^ exa*pfii>nal /.v-thtim 0. Traees* of an 

 6-ai foitn are found in the Yuma ^naip. [n 10 Kuki has the full form 

 «oiit, Aom, Kyau chuom, and Car-Xtcolfarsnm, From the Kami hu .suh 

 (hu—ku tlie pretixinl), if is inobable that the Khyeng" and Mru ha are 

 also 0"o/n ha su or ha .sum. ^^ak [ire^ervM the same furm in 1 a.^ in 10, 

 aud cofljoiucd witli a JJi"uvivo-ilou 1, su wu-r. Tiiis furm asfbuciatta 



