vi LANGUAGE 227

" Fak " in Langrong, " chak " in Manipuri, " cha " in Aimol,
Anal, Kolhen, Lamgang, " shak" in Chiru, meaning " to eat/'
In Lushai we have " chaw-fak-hun," " rice-eat-time." Until I
found that "fak" meant "to eat" in Langrong, the Lushai
equivalent for dinner-time had always puzzled me, as the
Lushai word for " to eat" is " ei."

" Fawp " in Lushai, " chop " in Thado, " chup " in Purum,
meaning " to kiss."

"Fang" in Bete, "chang" in Thado, meaning "paddy,"
while " fang " in Lushai means " a grain."

" Fep " in Lushai, " chep " in Thado, meaning " to suck," as
sugar-cane.

" Feh " in Lushai," to go to the jhunis," " feh " in Rhangkhol,
" to go "; " che " in Thado, Aimol, and Anal, and " chatpa " in
Manipuri have the same meaning.

"Fing " in Lushai, " ching " in Thado," singba " in Manipuri,
mean " wise."

" Fu " in Lushai, " chu " in Thado mean " sugar-cane."

" Fang-hma " in Lushai, " fung-mat" in Bete, " chung-mai"
ill Thado, mean u a pumpkin."

N in Lushai sometimes becomes " shi" in Lai or Haka
dialect, as " ni " in Lushai and " shi " in Lai, meaning both " to
be " and " aunt."

G and K are often interchanged and also R, L, and N.

In Lushai we have " lung" meaning both " stone" and
" heart," while in Manipuri we have " nung " meaning " stone/'
and though "heart" is translated by "puk," we have "nung-
siba" "to be sad," evidently composed of "nung" and "siba,"
" to die," and also " nung-ngaiba," meaning " happy," showing
that " nung " once meant heart.

In many of these languages, similar words are used but have
slightly different meanings. For instance, " shang " in Lushai
means " tall," while in Thado and Manipuri we have " sang"
meaning " long."

" "Leng" in Lushai means "to stroll" and "lengba" in
Manipuri means "to walk," but is only used of important
personages who would be likely to move slowly and in a
dignified manner.

In Lushai " shat" means " to cut," but as a Lushai's house

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