The Mikirs

ā-, pronoun and particle of relation, 75, 76, 161, 173

adjectives, 77

adultery, 19

affinities, conclusions as to, 171, 172;
speculations as to, 153

Āhoms, 5

Ājō-āsē, 32

ākejoi, 18, 19

ākemèn, 18, 19

Allen, Mr. B. C., 176

Allen, Rev. Mr., xi., 14, 44, 70–72

Āmrī, 15

amulets, 30

àn-bòr, 11, 31

ār-, prefix, 129, 162

āràk, 13

ārhàng, trap, 12

ārjàn, shade, ghost, 28

Ārlèng, 4, 117, 126

Ārnàm, God, 30, 33, 34

Ārnàm = do, 33

Ārnàm Kethē, 30, 152

Ārnàm phārō (pārō), 31–32, 43

ārnàn, ring, 6

ārphèk-pō, 12

ārpòng, 7

Assamese, borrowings from, 152;
loan-words mostly in locative, 107

Bachelors’ house, 11

Baker, Mr. E. C., 176

bànjār, 39, 40

bārlòn, 11

baskets, 10, 100, 103

beer, rice-, 13

betel-nut, 14

betrothal, 17

bhīmrāj, feathers worn, 6

birik, red pepper, 11

bīthī, 14

blacksmiths, 10

Boikuntho, 28

Bongnai, 23

bòr, amulet, 30

Boṛo, resemblances to, 166–7

borrowings from Assamese, 152;
from Khasis, 152

bow, 6

bride-price, labour given for, 18, 19

Brownlow, Mr. C., 11

bū, 39, 40

burial in special cases, 37

Burmese, 168

Butler, Major John, 174

Campbell, Sir George, 175

Carvell, Rev. J. M., 177

case (grammar), 76–77

castor-oil plant, ērī, 11

causal verbs, 86

Census reports, 1, 23, 153, 176

charms, 36

chèng, drum, 38, 150

chèng-brup, 150

chèngbrup-pī, 11

chèngbrup-sō, 11

Chins, compared with Mikirs, 169–171

Chins, Southern, 153

chinhàk-pō, 12

Chintòng, 15

chīr, spear, 6

choi, jacket, 5

choi-āprē, fringe, 5

cholera, sacrifice for, 32

Chomàng = Khāsī, 23

Chomàng-āsē, 32

Chomàng-kàn, 38

chong-kechèngnàn, 38

clubs, lads’, 11

comparison of adjectives, 78

compound verbs, 86–87

conditional phrases, 83

co-operative agriculture, 11, 12, 154

cotton, 10

Cotton, Mr. J. S., 176

councils, village, 22

cousin, marriage with, on mother’s side, 17, 18, 53, 154

cowries, used in divination, 34

cows, not kept, 12

creation, legend of, 70–72

crops, 10–11

Dalton, Col. E. T., 7, 175

Damant, Mr. G. H., 153, 175

dàm-buk, 9

dàm-thàk, 9

dancing only at funerals and harvest-homes, 43

Davis, Mr. A. W., 165, 176

day, divisions of, 95

dead, beliefs about the, 28, 29

death from tigers, 37–38, 49, 71, 98–99

dekas (Ass.) 11

demons, devils, 29

derrick (dorīk), pheasant, 65

determinatives, generic, with numerals, 78–79, 160

Dīmāsā, 3, 5

diseases, 33

distances, how computed, 14

divination, 34

—— with cowries, 34

—— with eggs, 35

—— with nòkjir, 35

—— with rice, 35

diviners, 34, 35

divisions of time, 95, 149, 150

divorce, 20

Diyaung river, 5, 33

do, 95

dòndòn, ladder, 9

doublets, 103, 113, 115

dress, 5

dried fish, 13

—— flesh, 13, 64

drink, 13

duhuidī, 39, 41

Dumrālī, 16

Dundas, Mr. W. C. M., xi., 19, 23, 24–26

dyes, 10

Eating, manner of, 13

egg, mankind sprung from an, 72

eggs, used in divination, 35

èn, 95, 108, 125

Endle, Rev. S., 160, 167

equipment, mental, exemplified by language and folk-tales, 151

ērī, silk (pē-inkī), 6, 10

exogamous groups, 16, 23–27

Festivities, 43

fish, dried, 13

fishing, 12

fish-trap, 12, 48, 49

flesh, dried, 13, 64

folk-tales, 44–46 ff.

food, 12–13

Frog, story of a, 45, 46–48, 88–93

Fryer, Major G. E., 154

funeral ceremonies, 37–42

furniture of house, 9–10

Gait, Mr. E. A., 46, 152, 176

gāoṅburā, 11, 21, 22

gender (in grammar), 75

genna, 43

girdle, vànkòk, 6, 39

Gods, the, 30 ff.;
their worship, 30–34

gold, Tibetan word used for, 111

goldsmiths, 10

grammar, sketch of, 73 ff.

Grierson, Dr. G. A., ix., 45, 73, 153, 177

groups, exogamous, 16, 23–27

Habitat, 2, 3;
former, 153

hànso, ginger, 11

hànthār, 46

Harata-Kuṅwar, story of, 45, 55–70, 113–149

harmony, vowel, 118, 129

harvest-home, 43

head-strap, 4

hēmai, blacksmith, 10

Hempatin, 173

Hèmphū, 31, 36, 70

hèmthàp, 50

hèn, arums, colocasia, 11

hēpī, aubergines, baiṅgan, 11

Hickson, Mr. S. J., 72

Hī-ī, 29

hòng, 9

hòngkup, 9

hòngphārlā, 9

hōngplàng, 9

hòng-thū, 9

hòngvàt-ābī, 41

Hooker, Sir Joseph, 33

hòr, hòrpō, 13, 14

hòr-ālàng, 13

Houghton, Mr. B., 160, 168

houses, 7–9;
built on posts, 153

house tax, 21

Hunter, Sir W. W., 176

hunting, 12

Imperative mood, 83

imprecations, 37

indigo, 10

infinitive mood, 84

ingjīr-ārlō, 39, 41, 42

Inglòng-pī, 31

ingtàt, 14

Ingtī, 16

ingtòk, 36

inheritance, 21

inkī, 10

institutions of Mikirs compared with those of Kuki-Chins, 154

institutions of Mikirs compared with those of W. Nagas, 154

interrogative pronouns, 80

Jamuna river, 3

jhuming, 11, 60

jingtàk, 50

jīsō, woman’s wrapper, 6, 39

Jòm-āròng, 28, 29, 37

Jòm Rēchō, 28, 29

jungle-cock, 65

Kāchārhē, 41 (28–29)

Kachārīs, 23.
See Boṛo and Dīmāsā

kādèng-chinrō, 6

kālā āzār, 2

kàm, 7

kàm-āthèngthòt, 9

kàngtòk ābàng, 36

kàn-pī, 38

kāraklī, 30

kārjòng, spirit, 36

kāsolē, 40

ke-, ki-, kā-, prefix, 77, 83, 84, 163

Kechē = Khāsī, 23

keroi-dun, betrothal, 14

Khāsī loan-words in Mikir, 14, 16, 17, 79, 103–4, 108, 114, 137, 139, 152, 176

Khāsīs, 3, 4, 6, 17

kīm, to build = to marry, 125

klèng-dun, 11

klèng-sārpō, 11, 39

Kopili (Kupli) river, 3, 4, 5, 14, 23

kovē, betel-nut, 14

Kuki-Chins, compared with Mikirs, 154

Kukis, 3

kum, fiddle, 150

kum-ālīsō, fiddle-bow, 150

Kupli: see Kopili

kur, 16, 23–27

kut, 7

kut-āthèngthòt, 9