1900.] 
F. Hahn — A Primer of the Asiir cluhmd. 
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“ not to be ” we find hanod and konod respectively, the latter being only 
found in the Mundari patois spoken round about Hanchi. Whilst 
Mundai’i has taikend for was or remained, the Asur has doMlend. Even 
where words in Asur seem to be identical with the corresponding 
Mundari words, there is this difference between them that the Asur 
uses them in a more general sense, than the Munda does; e.g., rw is 
in Mundari to play (beat) the drum, also to beat with a stick ; but 
in Asur it means only to beat, strike ; sun, to play ; but in Asur it 
means to rejoice. 
49. Dravidian words in the Asur Diikmd. 
There are doubtless words used in Asur which are Dravidian ; 
however these may have been borrowed from the Oraons ; for example 
baigd, priest is the Oradn naigd ; ede, to plant, is the KuruWi zd ; efd, 
second, the Kurukh endtd ; belly the same as pota ; pa’ en, 'pahen 
and hdn the emphatic affix are in both languages the same ; itjyd, 
mother, are apparently of the same origin ; cohnd, kiss conhd, love, in 
Kurukh ; orte re, once in Asur and ort one in Kurukh ; thauJcd, right ; 
addEj place, also tule, with dtorj, single. Some of these are met with 
also in Mundari and it may be a disputable question whether these 
words are Dravidian or Kolarian ; e.g., adde, thaukd, con — cnnhd^ eyd. 
5Q. Genuine Asur words. 
There are many words in Asur which I am unable to derive either 
from Mundari cr Kurukh words, for example : 
here 
husks ; 
huril 
unhusked rice. 
lainl 
harlot ; 
anydn 
mercy, kindness. 
pdrild 
good ; 
usad 
anger. 
distribute ; 
sodor 
arrive, perhaps the seter 
in Mundari. 
duhmd 
speak ; 
Iri 
conscience, wise (perhaps 
mind 
inside ; connected with the Kurukh erna, see.) 
haggl 
for time, season ; 
dolid 
remain. 
katirj 
a little ; 
us III 
high. 
ndpd 
well, healthy ; 
banal 
many. 
terjot 
daughter ; 
roke 
quickly. 
hill 
uncle (mother’s 
brother) ; 
javar 
gather. 
terjam 
son-in-law ; 
rod 
embrace. 
hdtd 
grand-father ; 
Idand 
to be. 
hulii 
brother-in-law & 
lyad 
sister-in-law, etc. 
hed 
and ; 
barkir] 
now-a-days. 
