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Observations o?i the 



[No. 37, 



Difficult. Condi Kat, Inn. Tamil ey-mfc, Kadenum. 



" 2. Difficulty.— Wilson's 

 S. D. p. 148. Ca- 

 rina." — Bottler. 



Dry Wath'a. „ eupp&, Wuttum, dry- 



ness. 



Wet „ Nanth'a. ^ott/s^, Nanintha, wet. 



Hot ,, Casthta. „ &(t3j&&, Caicha, " to 



make hot, to heat." 



— Rottler. 



Remarks, by the Rev. W. Taylor, on Mr. C. E. Rennet's 

 Observations ; and on a Grammar, and Vocabulary oj the 

 Gondi Language, by theHey. J. G. Driberg. 



1. As regards the foregoing it would seem that Mr. Kennet had 

 not seen the article drawn up by me, as founded on papers by the 

 late J. A. Stevenson, Esq., and Dr. Maxwell; published in the Mad- 

 ras Journal of Literature and Science, No. 16, for July, 1837. Seve- 

 ral of the words which Mr. Kennet notices were then commented on. 

 On the other hand he has explained a few words, which I then pass- 

 ed by, as doubtful ; or did not specifically notice. I remark some 

 differences in words from those in the vocabularies furnished by Mr. 

 Stevenson, and Dr. Maxwell ; and these are noted in the paper with 

 the letters S. and M. attached. There are also smaller differences 

 from Mr. Driberg" s vocabulary ; but as I take it, Dr. Maxwell, Mr. 

 Kennet, and Rev. Mr. Driberg are nearest the true Gondi dialect ; 

 the vocabulary by Mr. Stevenson appearing to be still more of a 

 border speech ; as also affected, in some degree, by passing through 

 the Telugu orthography. 



2. In reference to K. No, 33, " body Mendol, Mundei a skull," 

 I would observe that it is clearly the Sanscrit Mandala ; or from a 

 common source. Its ordinary meaning is region, whether terrestrial 

 or celestial ; but it has, in Tamil, a peculiar meaning applicable to 

 three parts of the human body ; that is, the abdomen, the stomach, 

 and heart, and the shoulders with the head. This therefore I take 

 to be the reference, and not to la63ot-£otl_ Mandai a skull ; this latter 

 word being native Tamil. 



3. In the pamphlet which Mr, Kennet sent me together 



