1850.] Language of the Gonds. 39 



70. 

 72. 



75. 

 76. 

 77. 



Bamboo 

 Iron 



Fish 



Moasi 



Gondi' 



Song 

 Hill 



Har. Tamil <5j/f. Ar, a plough, 



seeKurali. part 2. ch. § 4. 

 Waddur. „ Ow^n: Vaddhir. " 1. 



Bamboo cane." — Rottler. 

 Katchi. ,, a&th. Kasum, iron. 



Negundu, 60 §, and <s<aD<F, 

 kasei, " a coat of armour." 

 —Rottler. 

 ,, Muchum, fish. 



utri 



.©. Pattoo, a song. 

 &. Thungkum. 



79. Large 



81. Moon 



82. Sun 



Moasi 



Gondi 



Gondi 

 Moasf 



Mukh. 

 Patta. 

 Dongur. 



" 1. Height."— Rottler. 



„ £fiifl. Thikiri. "the 

 same as lqSg-j a mountain." 

 —Rottler. 



„ u($. Parru, a Tamil 

 adjective used in compo- 

 sition to express "large" 

 " great."— Rottler. 



,, ^^^irsOT-.Chunderan. 

 — Wilson's S. D.p.296. 

 Chundra. 



@/flujfiSr. Surayan, sun — ■ 

 Wilson's S. D. p. 1010. 

 Surya. 



General observations on the preceding examples. («) It will be 

 perceived that the class of words now adduced consists nearly alto- 

 gether of names of things, words which will, in the nature of things, 

 retain most of their primitive elements and change less in the course 

 of time, than others. (0) The affinity that they are found to bear to 

 the Tamil must appear to be very clear and striking. It is not pre- 

 tended that a similar affinity to other Indian languages may not exist 

 in a greater or less degree ; on the contrary it is believed that such 

 actually exists : but this fact only goes to supply additional proof 

 to the general correctness of the theory which has been adopted. 

 If therefore the Sanscrit, Telugu, and Tamil and other tongues' 

 which* prevail in this country are to be viewed only as cognate 

 tongues, such occasional references as are made to the first of these,. 



Tikri. 



Parra. 



Chandal. 

 Chanda. 



Suraj. 



