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But there is an odd exception to the rule in omitting the numeral coefficients with 7, 8 and 9: thus, pui, num. coeff, for round things: then: âpui puikò ...
.. 1 egg apui painyi ...
2 eggs apui puikêng
eggs âpui pui-êing ... ... ... ... 10 eggs Bat âpui kinit
7 eggs apui pinyi
8 eggs , apui lònâng
... 9 eggs So far as the instances given are concerned, the Miris count their money chiefly by means of the coefficients. Thus:
pp. 36, 58 ... . Re. 1... ... ... ..-bar-kò p. 93 ... ... .. Rs. 4... ... ... ... bâr-piko
p. 92 ... ... ... , 10... ... ... ... bâr-êingkò Bat on p. 20 the full expressions are to be found
Rs. 4.... ... ... ... mûrkông bâr-pikò
,, 5 ... ... ... ... můrkồng bár-ngâkò I have now taken those who have been good enongh to follow me through all the unfortunately, but unavoidably, incomplete evidence available to me as to the Kachin-Någa Group of tongues, and it will be seen that the namerals and the words for the metals compare as shown below. I have added Manipûri to the comparison, as being a link between the Kachin-Nága and the Chin-Lushai Groups, though I do not wish it to be thereby inferred that the two groups of tongaes should not really be described as members of a larger general group of languages, embracing all the modes of speech adopted by the populations occupying the hills between India and Burma and the hills of the North and North-East frontiers of India and of the North frontier of Burma.30
Comparative Table of the Kachin-Naga Numerals.
Kachin.
Singphố.
Lhota.
Ao.
Ang&mi. |
Miri-Abor.
Manipdri.
atêrkd...
ama
1 1'ngais1 ... ai ek'a suf. m 32 ..
matsangan. | 2 lòng ... nk'ông ... enni, ônt... anh ...
po ...
...... kd ... ... kenna .. | anytko...
...se
3 msum3.. masum . et'am ... Asam 4 m'li ... mali ... mezü .. pezo 5 m'ngâ ... mangê ... mũngo ... pangủ
koru36 ... k'ra tîrok ... trók...
admkd... ahum
Apfkò ... mari ...angako manga ...akêngkòso ...taruk
... pangů ...suru
» See Houghton, 'Language of the Southern China and at Affinities, 1892, Appx., . xi. 31 Also n'gai.
* Also ma.
38 Also l'kwang, Also mirom. * Also krup, kruk.
* Also ak kò.
