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teems prevailing in composition.
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Stream, River. India in general: ganga, nad, nada, naddi, nadi, nalla, nandi, darya,
deriau, nahr.—Singphos: ka.—Mishmis: thi.—Kdmtis: nam.—Gdrhvdl
and in the Budhera dialect near Ussttla and Johdr: gahd, gahr.—
Afghanistan [Pushtu): rud, sin, tui.—Tdmul: ar, vare.
Tibet : lung (/clung); large river: tsangpo (^tsangpo); small river: dog
(grog).
Turkistan. Ydrkand: astang, erek.—Kokand: arek.—Bokhara: shakh.
Lake. India in general: tal, tala, talau; sarai (sar), sarvar, jh.il. — Southern
India: eri, yeri, clieru, cheruva, cherva, kerri.
Tibet: tso (wts'ho).
Turkistan, Ydrkand, die: kiol, kiol.
Small. India in general: chhota, patla, tiikra, talla.—Afghanistan: uroke.—
Gdrhvdl: nano.—Southern India: chinna.
Tibet: chhung, plira.
Turkistan, Ydrkand: ushak.—Kokand: kishik.
Great, Large. India in general: bara, maha, malla.—Gdrhvdl: thiila.—Pdnjdb: nika,
tatti.—Sindh: naddo.—Afghanistan: loe, sterr. — Southern India: perya.
doda, pedda.—Persia: kalian.
Tibet: rag (rags); yang (yangs); chhenmo; long, distant: ring.
Turkistan, Ydrkand: sor.-—Kokand: chung.—Bokhara: soli.
New. India in general:1 naia, nau, narun.—Sanskrit: nava.— Bengali: nobo,
noia.
Tibet: sar (^sar), soma; but number 9: gu (<%u).
Turkistan, Ydrkand: umik.-—Kokand and Bokhara: yangi.
1 Attention may be here drawn to the remarkable fact, that in these, as in so many other languages of the
Aryan family, "new" and the number "9" can be referred to the same word, whilst at the same time the number
"8" shows a dual form, where such distinction is made. In such cases the original numeral if connected with the
human hand has to be referred to the four fingers, excluding the thumb.
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Stream, River. India in general: ganga, nad, nada, naddi, nadi, nalla, nandi, darya,
deriau, nahr.—Singphos: ka.—Mishmis: thi.—Kdmtis: nam.—Gdrhvdl
and in the Budhera dialect near Ussttla and Johdr: gahd, gahr.—
Afghanistan [Pushtu): rud, sin, tui.—Tdmul: ar, vare.
Tibet : lung (/clung); large river: tsangpo (^tsangpo); small river: dog
(grog).
Turkistan. Ydrkand: astang, erek.—Kokand: arek.—Bokhara: shakh.
Lake. India in general: tal, tala, talau; sarai (sar), sarvar, jh.il. — Southern
India: eri, yeri, clieru, cheruva, cherva, kerri.
Tibet: tso (wts'ho).
Turkistan, Ydrkand, die: kiol, kiol.
Small. India in general: chhota, patla, tiikra, talla.—Afghanistan: uroke.—
Gdrhvdl: nano.—Southern India: chinna.
Tibet: chhung, plira.
Turkistan, Ydrkand: ushak.—Kokand: kishik.
Great, Large. India in general: bara, maha, malla.—Gdrhvdl: thiila.—Pdnjdb: nika,
tatti.—Sindh: naddo.—Afghanistan: loe, sterr. — Southern India: perya.
doda, pedda.—Persia: kalian.
Tibet: rag (rags); yang (yangs); chhenmo; long, distant: ring.
Turkistan, Ydrkand: sor.-—Kokand: chung.—Bokhara: soli.
New. India in general:1 naia, nau, narun.—Sanskrit: nava.— Bengali: nobo,
noia.
Tibet: sar (^sar), soma; but number 9: gu (<%u).
Turkistan, Ydrkand: umik.-—Kokand and Bokhara: yangi.
1 Attention may be here drawn to the remarkable fact, that in these, as in so many other languages of the
Aryan family, "new" and the number "9" can be referred to the same word, whilst at the same time the number
"8" shows a dual form, where such distinction is made. In such cases the original numeral if connected with the
human hand has to be referred to the four fingers, excluding the thumb.