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________________ 230 I. The Use of the Prefixes to the Boots. These special radical prefixes, by some process of reasoning forgotten by the people and now obscure, but not at all in every case irrecoverable, divide the parts of the human body into Seven Classes; thus, without giving a full list of the words in each class Radical Prefixes in Words denoting Parts of the Human Body by Classes. CLASS. ENGLISH, BALAWA. BOJIGYɅB. BEA. JUWAI. Head Brains Neck Heart II. III. IV. V. .VI. VII. Hand Wrist Knuckle Nail Foot Ankle Mouth Chin Tongue Jawbone Lip (Shoulder Thigh Knee Shin Belly Navel Armpit (Eye Eyebrow Forehead Ear Nose Cheek Arm Breast Spine Leg Buttock Hip Waist THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. 0. ot ong âka ab i-, ig ig-, ik i ar -040 ôt my your his ǝng aka ab id ar ote (80 & 80)-'8 (that one)'s (this one)-'s ong. ab ir ST ôto head, hand, heart. ôn Öko те [AUGUST, 1907. ra KÔL. ôto d. Prefixes to Words referring to the Human Body. Next, in obedience to their strong anthropomorphic instinct, the Andamanese extend their prefixes to all words in the other Groups, when in relation to the human body, its parts, attributes and necessities, and thus in practice, refer all words, capable of such reference, to themselves by means of prefixes added to their roots. In an Andamanese Language one cannot, as a matter of fact, say "head," "hand," "heart," one can only say ôn er.
SR No.032528
Book TitleIndian Antiquary Vol 36
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorRichard Carnac Temple
PublisherSwati Publications
Publication Year1984
Total Pages430
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size15 MB
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