72 L. A. Waddell —Place and River-Names in Sikkim, Sfc. [No. 2, 
Rang-muk = Rang + muh, weeds. An old extensive clearing, now 
a tea-garden. 
Rang-lot (Any Rangliot) = Rang -f lot, to return. This is the 
limit from which the Rangit flood waters returned. 
Mahl-man-dap = Mahi, (a corruption of Bengali mahisk, a 
buffalo, 4- man, flesh + dap to obtain. A site of a market 
overlooking the tarai, to which buffaloes were brought up from 
Bengal and slaughtered for retail of their flesh. 
Tak-vor (Ang. ‘Tukvar’) = Talc, a hook-thread -f vor , a fishhook: 
the land is curved somewhat like this, and the local Lepcha 
tradition asserts this origin for the name. 
Shing-tam = Shing , a garden + tarn, a level spot. 
Song-Khani = Song, copper, + khdni, Hindi and Parbatiya for a 
mine. A village where copper ore is mined. 
Gok = narrow and difficult (of access) : an old military post on a 
narrow promontory between the Great and Little Rangit and 
Ramam rivers. 
Rong-li = Rong, Lepcha -f li , a house. 
Jing-hlam or Zhing-hlam = zhing , weak, or poor soil -f Ulam , 
sloping. ‘ The sterile slope.’ The soil of this locality has a 
sterile reputation. 
Sallo-kung = Sallo , name of a kind of tree -f kung, tree. 
Ung-lap = Ting, water -f lap, a well. Here is a well, a most un¬ 
usual feature in Lepcha villages, where the usual water-supply 
is from brooks. 
Kalon-pong (. Ang . c Kalimpong ’) = Kd-ldn, a king’s minister (a 
term borrowed from the Tibetan + pong, a stockade. This 
was formerly the stockaded headquarters of a Kalon. 
Su-VOK {Ang. ‘ Sivok ’) = su or su-e , a breeze or rush of cool air + 
vok, concentrated. The mouth of the gorge whence the Tista 
debouches into plains, and along which a strong breeze is ever 
present. 
TsONG-TONG {Ang. 1 Chongtong ’) = ? Tsong, an arrow + tong, a 
resting place. An arrow-head-shaped site at junction of two 
rivers, at an acute angle. 
Long-song = Long, a stone + song, resounding. A rocky site in 
the resounding gorge of Tista opposite junction with Great 
Rangit. 
Pa-kyong = Pa, a kind of cane + Jciyong, village. 
Ling-tam = Ling, a slope, or hill side + tarn, level spot. A mix¬ 
ture of slope and level. 
Ting-kap = Ting, a plain -fi hap, little. An unusually (for 
Sikhim) large meadow. 
