THE NON-LUSHEI CLANS

CHAP.

To show the similarity between the Tarau and the Lushai
language I give a few words of each.

English.

Lushai.

One ...

Pa-khat ......

Two...

Pa-hnih ... .

Three

Pa-thum

Four

Pa-li ......

Five...

Pa-nga ......

Six ...

Pa-ruk . .....

Seven

Pa-sari ......

Eight

Pa-riat

Nine

Pa-kua ......

Ten ...

Shorn

Father

Pa ........

Mother

* Nu .........

Son ...

Fa-pa . , , ...

Daughter

Fa-nu ......

House

In .........

Sun ...

Ni .........

Moon

Thla ......

Water

Tui .........

Dog...

Ui .........

Mithan

Shial .....

Tree

Thing ..

Jhum

Lo ........ .

Tarau.
Khat.

Ni.

Thum.
Ma-li.
Ranga.
Kuruk.
Siri.
Tirit.
Ku.
Shorn.
Pa.
Nu.

Sha-pa. (Thado, "chapa.")
Sha-nu.
Im.
Ni.
Thla.

Tui. To carry water,c' tui
choi," in both dialects.
Uh.
Shil.
Thing.
Lou.

The east and west in Tarau are called " ni-chhuak-lam " and
" ni-thlak-lam," which are pure Lushai for " the direction of sun
rising and sun setting."

FOLKLORE.

1. Legends.—A large number of tales have been collected by
Babu Nithor Nath Banerji, of the Manipur State Office, from
which I select the following. They have all to a certain extent
suffered by being told to the Babu in Manipuri instead of in
the vernacular of the relaters. This accounts for Manipuri
names being used in some cases.

The following is a tale told by the Anals:—ct Once upon a
time the whole world was flooded. All were drowned except
one man and one woman, who ran to the highest peak of the
Leng hill [this is interesting, as Leng is the name of one
of the highest hills in the present Lushai Hills], where they
climbed up a high tree and hid themselves among its branches.
The tree grew near a large pond, which was as clear as the eye
of a crow. They made themselves as comfortable as they could,