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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[August, 1898.
Book Money Table of the Kaching (Silver).
Book.56
English.
Kachin.
Sense of the Kachin.
...
...
1 pê57
Han. 95 ... Han. 95, S. 21
1 mů57
pê-mi .. - m0-mi t'i-mi, tf-mi... .. mû-m'sum, ti-mû .. ti-l'kong ti-l'kong-mũ
S. 21 ...
1 t'i, 1 ts68 3 mů, tî and mů 2 ti 2 tî and mů 3 ti
ti-m'sum
1 rupee
S. 21, Han. 95, Her. 42 Han. 95... ... Her. 42 S. 14, 16 S. 21... Han. 95
làp-mi gydp-mi dinger kumprð lòng-mi ròng-mi k'àn-mt gak'àn ... pàn-mi joi-mi, soi-mi
1 piecese 1 piece coin (tanka) silver piece 1 hòng88 1 vòng 1 k'àn63 a k'àn of halves (ga)* 1 pàn65 1 viss
..
75
***
Han. 95, S. 95, Her. 42, 100
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Book Money Table of the Kachins (Copper).
Book.
English.
Kachin.
Sense of the Kachin.
Han. 95
...
...
...
..
1 pie 1 pice
kà-m . paisân ... p'aisủi-lap-molf
.. 1 kasz ... pice .. pice pieces 469
S.21
...
...
06 Han. = Hanson: S. Symington: Her. = Hertz. 67 Burmese and Shku.
Shân t'e, té; ante, p. 11, and Shan Dicl., p. 270. Shan lup, luk; ante, p. 9, and Shan Dict., p. 477. 40 Shin. Symington, p. 89, bas jap-mi 1 tickal. 61 Barmese. 62 Sh&n, haung; ante, p. 15, and Shin Diet., p. 252. 63 Shan; ante, p. 15, and Shan Dict., p. 71. 6. Practically, half a viss. * Explained as "a gak'an, and 10 ròngs." It is the Shan pan for Rs. 80: ante, p. 15, and Shan Dict., p. 308. 60 Shân, soi. 07 Means Abris seed: see below in the Myitkyina Kachin's terms.
88 Note that the Kaching place their numeral coefficients like the Chinese, and not like the Burmans and Shing; i. e., before and not after the numeral.
