VOCABULARY

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Thado.

Keng.....

Kengbai ..
Ki .....

Ko .....

English.

Kol a phe
Kong ...
Korka...
Ku ...

Kit ...
Kliul ...
Kum ...

La

Lai
Lai
Laili

Lam .
Lanibi.

Le

Le

Lei-chung
Lei-ka...
Len
Len

Leng

Lim
Lo

Lo
Lo
oi

Leg

Lame

Horn

To call

To lighten
The waist
A door ...
Village ...

To cover...
A hole ...
Year

To take ...

Middle, navel

To dig .........

Writing, the art
of reading and
writing

Direction ......

Road .........

Tongue ...

Earth ...

Bridge ..
White ant

Net......

Big......

To fly ......

Form, shape.....

Jhum, cultivation

Medicine, drug ..
Suffix of negation..
Buffalo .......

Lushai and Remarks.

Ke.

Ke bai.

Ki. Manipuri, Chi or Ji; Beteh,
Raki.

Ko ; and the same in Manipuri. In
most Old Kuki dialects, Ko, Koi,
or Kai.

Kawl a phe ; and the same in Beteh.

Kawng, the loins.

Kongkhar.

Khua. Manipuri, Khul. Variations
of this are found in all dialects.

Khum. Manipuri, Khumba.

Khur; and in Old Kuki dialects.

Kum. Manipuri, Kumsi, thisyear.
All Old Kuki dialects have Kum.

Lak, with almost silent k. In all
Old Kuki dialects the word is very
nearly the same. It also has the
meaning to bring, and so may be
compared with the Manipuri
Lak pa, to come.

Lai ; and in Beteh also.

Lai, to dig, to hoe.

Lai-shuih, paper, reading and
writing. Gf. Manipuri, Lairik
laishuih, writing materials, and
Kachcha Naga, Laishi.

Lam. Gf. Manipuri, Lorn or Rom.

Lam-lian, though Kong, or Kal-kong
is the general word, Lam-lian
being generally used for a made
road as compared with a path. In
Manipuri, Lambi; and in most
Chin and Old Kuki dialects, either
Lam or Lampi.

Lei. This word with very slight
variations is found in Manipuri,
Old Kuki, and all Chin dialects.

Lei. Gf. Manipuri, Leipak, earth,
country.

Lei, Lei-lawn.

Lei-kha. Manipuri, Leisau.

Len.

Lian, contracted into Len. Beteh,
Lien. Gf. Manipuri, Turel or
Turen—i.e., Tui, water, and Len,
big, though water in Manipuri is
Ising.

Leng, to stroll or float in the air.
In Manipuri the word means to
walk, but is only used of the Rajah
or very important persons.

Hlim, shadow, shape, picture.

Lo. This is another word which is
found in nearly every dialect.

Hlo.

Lo, not.

Loi. Gf. Manipuri, Iroi; Beteh, Siloi.