oct. — dec. 1856.] Toda Vocabulary, 105 



no Badaga can pronounce on account of the pectoral pro- 

 nunciation, I have therefore chosen "S^to represent (F.) 

 They have no pure A as it occurs in other Indian languages 

 but their a is pronounced as a in tall and as u in much. 



There are 2 sounds of the vowel i (ee) the one is like 

 the English ee (?) in meet, the other one like the German u in 

 uber, for instance, °£) birsh with it means a tiger and 

 a£)^I^F~ birsh with ee means the sun, £>c ^ F" mirsh with 

 ii means a hare and o^o^^f mirsh with z means a peacock. 

 Vocabulary. 



Abaisance (I make) §«UX)S~ <£>p Ml-mele-butth-bini. 



I fall at (your) foot. 

 Abandon "IX^ c&p butfhu-butth-bini. Badaga 



faft<Ati butf hini. 



Abide o5 ^ eshken lit. I sit §C shall I sit down. 



Abject IT^D"^^ F* tali vershbini; ersbini, ershbini ovversh- 

 bini means I am, which is generally put to the root of a 

 verb. The Badagas use unnane (eA)Of©-?.) for it. 



Abominate "P r 3°S~ < ^)P. ndnthbini. 



Abomination "P^^o. ndnam. 



Abortion S^T 00a & ^ . mokh yidilddi. 



Absorb 



Absurd "STTaiT. per at. 



Abundant eA3*^T2)0. 



Accede ©53S^p. adbini* 



* The Todas always assimilate the n to the following consonant. 



