170 F. HaLn — A Primej' of the Asur dukma. [No. 2, 
there are differences between Asnr and other Kolarian languages, pecu- 
liarities, wbich it will be worth while to notice. 
48. Differences ivitli Mundarz. 
Wherever a Mundari word begins with the consonant h, the Asur 
has V ; e.g. : 
Mundari ; Asur: re; come. 
„ hatu, „ vatic village. 
The Asur is fond of the y before vowels as against the Mundari : 
Mundari nel ; Asnv nyel see. 
„ nutum ; ,, nyumun name. 
' ,, nam ; ,, yam to seek, find. 
Other differences may be seen from the following words : — 
Mundari : hon ; 
Asur : 
hopon 
child. 
hofo ; 
55 
hor 
man. 
3? 
hula ; 
33 
hul 
tiger. 
33 
dub ; 
33 
drup 
sit. 
33 
rerje ; 
33 
ranget 
hunger. 
33 
jilu ; 
33 
jil 
flesh. 
53 
om ; 
33 
ovat 
give. 
33 
gitil ; 
53 
hitil 
sand. 
33 
aho ; 
35 
huhic 
they. 
53 
ho ; 
55 
hie 
plural ending in arras. 
33 
ethan ; 
33 
liethan 
bad, evil. 
33 
ni ; 
33 
hint 
this (man). 
53 
ned ; 
33 
huni 
that. 
33 
ne ; 
33 
nihl 
this. 
53 
nd. ; 
33 
nahd 
now. 
33 
tisirj ; 
33 
tihip 
to-day. 
33 
ote ; 
33 
at 
earth, field. 
55 
handtirj ; 
53 
hdti'u 
portion. 
35 
nere, ente ; 
33 
nene, honde 
here, there. 
33 
aded ; 
33 
ad 
lose. 
33 
apid ; 
35 
ped 
three. 
33 
her ; 
35 
rere 
sow. 
33 
calom ; 
33 
caulom 
tail. 
33 
hdyar ; 
33 
hdver 
rope. 
33 
atom ; 
55 
hdtom 
aunt (father’s sister). 
33 
ged cut ; 
53 
ged 
to slaughter, kill. 
The 
most striking difference between Mundari and Asur appears 
to be that the auxiliary verbs are different from each other ; for whilst 
the former has mena to be, the latter has idana ; and for the negative 
