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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1858

1859

Comparative Vocabulary of the Languages of the broken Tribes of Nepal.—By B. H. HODGSON Esq. [...] So also aro declined Hwappe or Haupe = all and every ; Gisko how many ; and as many ; Matti = so many ; Dlii kono many and much ; With° few a little; Gisko whoever and whatever ; Kwingnime = other another ; Myem the same (see that); Nimpho = both ;. and in word all primitive or personal pronouns. [...] I thou he or she or it each of these has two distinct forms quite separate from the personals-thus go has ni =st mei and mens in English of me and my ; and wake = English mine. [...] So also ga the 2nd pronoun has f and fke and harem the 3rd has 6 and ike. [...] like all other proper possesives though with some confusion orginating in the imperfect development of the inflective element its frequent coincidence with the genitive sign and the variableness of that sign.
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Pages
65
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Comparative Vocabulary of the Languages of the broken Tribes of Nepál.—By B. H. Hodgson Esq. B. C. S.
393-441 The Secretaries view
Specimen of the Kiránti language (Báhing dialect)
441-442 The Secretaries view
On the Váyu tribe of the Central Himálaya.—By B. H. Hodgson Esq.
443-456 The Secretaries view

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