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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[OCTOBER, 1898.
From the information to band, however, we here, as in the Kachiri (Bôdo) Language, seem, without leaving the class, to be getting away from immediate relationship with the Chin-Lûshai Group proper. Thus the Hill Tipperâ numerals run as follows:
Hill Tippera Namerals.
Mr. Anderson, p. 18.
Narst Råm.
Mr. Endle, Kachari Grammar, p. ii.
... kâicha ...
...
...
kaicha
k'ay â ... suff. sâ, hå, a k'anôi ... suf, nôi ...
2
... remoi
...
kunúi
3
..] katâm ...
k'atan
katam
suff. t'ân
...
4
... buroi
...
baroi
bûrûi
...dau, dok
dok
ch‘ini
chikt
... cha, chara ..chuků
Baka
chika
chi
sésaco
... kô .. .
kô-po-si ... kurunôi ... kurun'chi ...
kuruta
..
kuratást ...
kurubaroi ... kurubaroichi razâhâ Baya
1,000
** All his "teens" wore regular, except 15, which was sard.
41 Probably for "twenty with ten." The remaining numerals seem to be formed by scores (kuns; Chin, kir; Naga, kul, k'al; all no doubt through the Assamese, kurt, a score) : thus, kuru-nhi, score=40; burun(61) cht, 2 sooro and 10 =50; kuru-ta, 3 score = 60; kuruta-sf, 3 soore and 10 70; kuru-baroi, 4 score - 80; kurus baroi chi, 4 soore and 10 -90. Cf. the Manipart custom as given abovo, p. 170, n. 16.
