________________
MAY, 1893.]
THE KUDOS OF KATHA AND THEIR VOCABULARY.
131
being convinced that Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese and the various cognate languages and dialects are all members of one great family, which, originating in Tibet or to the Northward, has spread itself East and South-East. Of all these languages the Chinese has become most corrupted in pronunciation, thus causing it for so long to be grouped apart from the others; but from the pronunciation of some of its better preserved dialec's and from the restoration by modern scientists of its old sounds, it is easily shown that its most important roots are identical with the ordinary forms still existing in the Tibeto-Burman family proper. Justice, however, can hardly be done to the subject here, and I shall content myself now with a mere statement of this thesis, promising to return to the subject on a future occasion. AIR.Halaung. (Cf. Tib. lung, Serpa, Bhût. lúng, Ahom, Khamti, Laos, Siamese, lôm, Gara
lan-pár. Ha might stand for either la or k'a, the former being the ordinary TibetoBarman prefix, the latter being a wide-spread root meaning 'sky;' but seeing that the words for hair' and 'head' have also the particle ha, it seems probable that in this case also it
is merely the ka prefix). Ant.-- Pun-sen8. (Cf. Sâk p'ún-si-gya.) Arrow.-Talet. (Has both the ta prefix and affix. Of. Såk toli in toli-ma-lá, Karen plá, and
possibly Ahom len, Khamti lim, Laos lempän. Perhaps allied with the Burmese lé a bow'
and its cognate words. Compare Bodo ba-la.) BIRD.-U:-sé-sa. (0 is evidently the root, the remainder apparently being added to
distinguish birds in general from fowls, 4.0. Cf. Tengsa-Någa usó, Sák, wú-si, Singpho 104, Angami-Någa te-vü, Mikir, Namsang-Naga vo, Mithan-Naga, 6. Allied to the Tibeto.
Burman root, wá = a fowl; cf. also Southern Chin wu-mun, a pigeon,' &c.) BLOOD.— Set (Cf. Singpho sui, Thochu sá, Manvak shá, Gyami, Horpa syé, Gyarung ta-shi,
Sanwar a-si, Burmese, we, Karen brož, Sak t'é, Bodo t'8-1.) Boat.-Wa-143 ('li and wâ are possibly synonymous roots. The former is found in the
forms li or lú, with or without the ordinary prefixes or affixes, in most of the languages of
the Tibeto-Burman family. As to 'wa, cf. Sak han, Khamti hü). Boxe.- Mák-kú. (Cf. Murmi nák'ú, Newar kroć, Gyîmi kú-tho, Manyak ri-Ic-u, Chinese coll.
kúl, Kami a-hú. Possibly the kó or jo, in Tibetan coll. rii-ko 'a bone,' is not a servile but
a form of this root in conjunction with the commoner rui). BUFFALO.- Kye". (Cf. Ahom Krai, Burmese kyıcë, Khamti, Ahom and Siamese k'wai, Såk krá). CAT.-Han-si. (Cf. Sâk kaing). Cow. --- Mók. (Cf. Sak t'a-muik, Deoria-Chatia mó-su). Crow.-U-hd. (C. Mithan-Naga okk, Sak válkú, Singpho kok'á, Ahom, Khamti, Laos, Siamese
ká. Ká appears in several of the Himalayan words for crow. As to of. under egg.' DAY.-Ya-á. (Cf. Sâk yal-ta, Bur. coll. yet. Possibly connected with ya in wan-ya 'to be
light,' q.o. It is noteworthy that this word has no connection with that for sun'). Dog.-Kyi. (This root runs throngh most of the cognate languages varying in form from the
Chinese k'üer, and Burmese kré to the Southern Chin it). EAR.-Ka-ra. (ká is the prefix. The root ná is found throughout the Tibeto-Burman family). EARTH.-Ka. (Cf. Såk ki, Xamsang-Naga, Bodo, Garo ká, Karen haso.ko, Vaya kó, Singpho
krigá, Sanwar kapi, Kiranti bá-l'á, Limbu kam). E6.-[-di. (Cf. Singpho i-di, Mithan-Någa oti, Sak ta-ti, Kiranti u-ding, Karen di, Limbu
fin, old Chinese tax, Mikir, Lepcha ati, Taungthu dhe, Shando, a té, Karen, Lushai alati,
3 The Burmese MS. shows the existence in Kudy of at least the heary tone. • Vowel sound as in air.
• ky is apparently pronounced as ch. Cf. the sage in Burmese, & Chine, do
