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August, 1898.)
CURRENCY AND COINAGE AMONG THE BURMESE.
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raka
One has to search the sentences given in McCabe's Angami Grammar for the views of the Angamis as to currency. From these can be gathered the following table :
p. 36 ... ... ... pice ... ... ... ... paise pp. 26, 40 ... 2 annas
moya p. 40 ... ... ... 8 annas ... ... ... duli p. 37 ff. ... ... ... rupee ... ... ... ..
If we may accept that duli = adhóli (Lhota-Naga) = adhélá (Indian), and that rakd = & form of the general Någa word ráng, then the above table agrees with what may be called the normal Någa forms. “Small money” is kepelse (p. 54).
The word for metal (p. 73) is given as t'ejö, but I gather, or rather guese, that jöho is metal and that the t'e = iron. Then for gold we have no word at all, but silver is rakd-jö (p. 85); lead is misitsa-jo (misi, Manipurt : p. 71); copper is presa.jö (pri, Kachin-Singpho, iron : p. 56); while iron is t'exhell (p. 70) and tin richű and thüsi, where she, shü probably equal jó. Brass is (p. 52) maréni or meseni, but I perceive that meréni (p. 60) also = "ear-ring," and perhaps the metal takes its name from the ornament.
At p. 26 we have moya and moyá po (one moya) for two annas," and on p. 40 moya 88 (three moyd) for "siz annas." Rupees turn up at several points in the book; 6. g., p. 26 ... ... ... raka po
one rapee rakâ sê ...
three rapees rake panga ...
five rupees ... raka t'et'a ... ... ...l eight rupees At p. 40 we have duli, eight annas, and at p. 39 raká kennd di duli, rupees two and a duli, for Rs. 2-8-0. On this evidence, I should say that the Angami Nagas count their money quite straightforwardly in rupees, two-anns pieces, and half rapees. Thus their scale would be: -
4 moyê are 1 duli
2 doli 1 raka The Angâmf Nagas reckon on the same principles as do the Ao Någas. Thus:
Angami Naga Numerals. 1 ... po ... ...
2 ... kenna
5
...
. panga ...
t'ena ..
tekwa ... ker-o-pokro .... ker-o-kennd
ker-o-bo kero de
Burn t'et's kerto ten and one more ten and two more ton and three more ton and four more
* Oy. Kaohin and Singpho, 54, gold.
Thor is kor and cor no doubt mocas". tom."
+ French Of. Ao numerale.
