74 L. A. Waddell— Place and River-Names in SiJchim, fyc. [No. 2, 
Chhum-naga, = chkum, water + naga, a grassy bank. 
Nak-tshal ( Ang . Naxal) = nags, forest -f <^QT tshal, a bunt¬ 
ing grove. 
Bar-fung = Tibar, burned, 4- phung, a collection or 
heap or knoll. ‘ The collection of burned sites or jungle clear¬ 
ings.’ The oldest Bhotiya division in Sikhim. 
Am-bi-ok = am-bi , a demon’s shrine + Q^P og, below. A site below 
the shrine. 
Dam-thang = 5J*T gram {pr. dam) mud + thang, a marshy 
muddy meadow. 
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BiC-KHYiM = ba, a kind of bambu used for making mats + 
khyim, a house. A house of bambu matting—a halting stage 
on Tendong hill. 
Ming-machhen = Ming-ma , a kind of bambu + ckken, large. 
Sedong-chhen = Sedong, name of a tree ( Albizzia , sp.) 4- ckken , 
large. Here a halting stage for travellers at a large Sedong 
tree, an uncommon tree in Sikhim. 
Pha-dom chhen = pkd-dom , a clearing -f ckken . A largish clear¬ 
ing in jungle forming a halting place. 
Do-lep-chhen = rdo, a stone + QIW leb, level or flat 4- ckken. 
A halting stage at ‘ a big flat stone.’ 
Chhum-mik chhen = ckhu-mik , a spring 4- ckken , big. Here is a 
large spring. 
Kyo-shing {Ang, Keuzing) = Kyo wheat 4- siting , field. ‘ The 
wheat field.’ 
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Tono-to = stong, a valley 4- stod, upper. A division of 
Sikhim comprising an upper valley. 
Pd-DANG {Ang. Pedong) = po or po-ga, a kind of cypress, also a Sal 
tree, of the gum of which incense is made 4- Tibrang, {pr. 
dang) a halting-place. ‘ The halting-place at the Po tree.’ 
Pa-zam-kha {Ang. Buxa) = ri spa, cane 4~ zam, a bridge 4* 
(* kha, mouth. Name of a site at 1 the mouth of the cane- 
bridge ’ leading into Bhutan. 
PAHAR1YA' AND BENGALI PLACE-NAMES. 
(P = Pakariya, B = Bengali and H = Hindi.) 
Lapche-jagat = P. Lapcke the Lepcha 4- jagat , a toll-bar. A 
village on the Nepal frontier where the Lepchas levied toll on 
the Nepali imports into Sikhim. 
Sungri-tanr = P. Sungar , a pig 4" tanr, a jungle clearing. A 
halting stage of the Nepali pig-drivers on their way to Sikhim, 
