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Observations on the 



[No. 37, 



in the course of the foregoing remarks on the Gondi' and Tamil 

 words, occur merely in the way of proof, and are not designed to 

 convey the impression that the Sanscrit is the source from which 

 the words themselves are derived, (y) A remark made in connection 

 with one of the words adduced above needs to be repeated in a more 

 general way. The termination to um so common in Tamil, and the 

 Pali seems by no means a common one in the Gondi dialect ; on 

 the contrary not a single instance occurs among the words in the 

 specimen now before us, which terminates in this form. If it there- 

 fore be altogether foreign to the language of the Gonds it will be 

 conducive to seeing the affinity in a clearer light, if in every case 

 where the corresponding Tamil word terminates thus, the lo be not 

 considered in the comparison as an elementary portion of the word ; 

 but as the peculiarity of the genius of a language only, as it in 

 reality is. 



II. A few instances will now be adduced which rest more upon 

 conjecture for the resemblance traced. 



6. Road Gondi' Sarri. Tamil */nfl. Sari, "the 



same as s_®)/r a walk e_ei>/r 

 6uq)." — Rottler. 



12. Wind Gondi Warri. „ su/rrf). Vari, which is 



Moasi Koyo. synonymous with fy&n&JB^ 

 tpcb 4 ' a flute or pipe," wind 

 instrument, @Lp<^, Kuyul is 

 any hollow thing : and the 

 Moasi word for w'md } Ko?/o, 

 seems very like it. 

 Here correlative ideas are conveyed by expressions which are 

 very similar indeed in the two languages ; but the instances are worth 

 little or nothing when taken apart from those which it is believed 

 have already put the question of similarity between the languages 

 pretty nearly beyond doubt. 



III. Adverbs and other grammatical particles. 



Here Gondi Iganaman. Inganum, here. 



There „ Hagaman. ^thmtzrih. Anganum, there. 



Elsewhere „ Aganahan. ensj&tT^&iLb. Ainganalum. 



In these instances besides 

 the general similarity in 

 the form and sound of the 



