xxxvi S. E. Peal —Vocabulary of the Banpara Nay as. [App ,-e '• 373. 
The letter s also seems to follow the same rule. In saving n , sh), 
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they say mat, and got for gos (tree). 
Some words are very widely used as ‘ rang,’ which applies to 
atmospheric phenomena, and may even be traced in their word for ‘ go ; 
and ‘devil’. Naga ideas of Divine persons being very limited, the same 
word that stands for ‘ devil’ also serves for ‘ god.’ Indeed their god 
at best is a local and generally malignant sprite, who can be propitiated 
by small presents of eatables. 
The word £ mai’ is very generally used as prefix to names of animals. The 
word good seems derived from this source, and it is equally suggestive 
to note that the word for sweet , ti, means also water. 
Generally speaking, Banpara Naga is as monosyllabic as it can be, 
and in speech is cut up short and jerky, especially when they are excited. 
