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AUGUST, 1897.)
NOTES ON THE NICOBARESE.
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I.(a)
CENTRAL GROUP.
CAR NICOBAR. (a) an-tafūal ... .
((a) neit-tahol *16) foan
(6) län (a) an-tafüal-heang ...
(a) neat-tahól-Leng (6) tanai ...
(6) tani (a) loe-tafüal...
s(a) lue-tahol 1 (6) taftal ...
(6) tafual lõe-tafüal-bēang ...
S (a) lie-tahól-heng issât ...
lo) sat (a) foan-tafial
(a) fän-lahol 1 (6) enfoan ...
i(6) hēo-hare foan-tafual-heang
(a) fån-tahdl-Leng 1 (6) beäng-hata
maich ia-tare (a) tanai-tafüal
tani-tahol shom ... ...
sam tanai-tafūal-hēang
(a) tani-tahöl-heng (6) shom-hēang .. ... ... (6) kahōk-sian (a) heäng-hata-tafüal-hēang
maichua-tare-tabol-heng (6) sbom-heäng-hata
maichia-tare-sian (a) hệang-inai ... ...
(a) heng-anai (also sam-tahol) 1 (1) hēang-momchiama ... 1 (6) kahūk-michāma (a) hēang-inai-enfoan (-tafūal)12 i (a) heng-anai-hēo-hare(-tahòl)12
hiang-momchiama-doktni-tafüal 1 (0) kahok-michama-tafual-sian tanai-ipai-tafūal (-tafüal)
(a) tani-anai-tafüal(-tahól) tanai-monchiama-doktai-ká ... (6) tani-michāma-neät-sian (a) shòm-inai-hēang (-tafüal)
(a) sam-anai-heng (-tahol); heng-ngong-13
heng-tahờl (lit., 1 x 200 + one pair) (6) shòm-momchiamaan ... ... (6) sam-michāma-neät (a) hēang-momchiama-doktai
(a) lūe-yong 600
(6) hēang-inai-dėktai-momchiama... 1 (6) heng-anai-tani-tahól-michama
(a) tanai-momchiama ... ... (a) sam-mong; heng-kaiñe 2,000
16) tanai-inai-momchiama? ... (6) tani-anai-michāma 40,000 (a) tanai-inai-momchiama ... ... (a) heng-anai-kaiñe ; neät-lák 100,000 (a) shòm--inai-tanai-tefūal-mom. (a) tani-lak
chiama. 200,000 (a) hēang-inai-tanai-tom-momchia- (a) sam-lak
ma. When it is intended to convey the meaning that a round number is referred to, the term yüh-ngare (indicating "whole," or "no more and no less") is added. E.. :-on-momchiama. dòktai tál rupia yule ngare, Exactly one thousand rapees.15 When the number referred to falls short by a little of some round number it is sometimes expressed by employing the word langla
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12 Where tafial and tail (indicating pair") are shewn within brackets it denotes that it is optional to express them
13 It is interesting to note, how, in the Car Nicobar dialect, from considerations of euphony, the term denoting "200"varies, as to its initial lettor, according to the last letter of the preceding numeral. Ex -200..hengongongi 400.. neat-tong; 600.. lue-yong : 800.. fännồng : 1,000.. tani-yong ; 1200.. tatal-lony; and so on up to 2,000.. sam-mong.
14 Note that, for the reasons explained in the foregoing. the numeral used to denote 2,000 5 X 20 X 2 in referring to men, animals, huts, etc., is the same as that signifving 40.000 (lit.. 5 X 20 X 900) when referring cocoanuts, etc.
16 [Compare the Taungtha (Phno) numeral suffix pe, and the Shin numeral suffix ming or ling, which 18 written il. -Ed.]
