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SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES.
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| English. | Prejevalsky's Vocabulary of Tangutan. |
Tibetan.[1] |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain | Rī | Ri |
| Lake | Tsō | Thso |
| Water | Chsiu | Ch'hu |
| Grass | Rtsa | Tsa |
| Fire | Mī | Me |
| Rain | Tsiar | Char-bba |
| Lightning | Тоk | |
| Thunder | Tog | |
| Heat | Tsa-tchigeh | Cha |
| Wind | Lung | gnLung |
| Road | Lam | Lam |
| Butter | Marr | Mar |
| Meat | Shā | Isha |
| Sheep | Liuk | Lug |
| Fox | Gā | Kwa |
| Camel | Namung | rHa-mong |
| Tobacco | Do-wa | |
| Smoke | Du-wa | |
| Ears | Rna | rNa-wa |
| etc. etc. | ||
| Prejevalsky's Tangutan. | Jaeschke's Tibetan. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khtsik | chig |
| 2 | Ni | nyi (s) |
| 3 | Sum | sum |
| 4 | Bjeh | zhi |
| 5 | Rna | nga |
| 6 | Chok | dhug dshug[2] |
| 7 | Diun | dun |
| 8 | Dziat | gyad |
| 9 | Rgiu | gu, rgu[2] |
| 10 | Tsiu-tamba | chu, or chu-tham-pa |
It may be noted that both Black and Yellow Sifan appear to have been visited by Friar Odoric as early as 1326 or thereabouts. He says, in quitting Kansan, i.e. Kenjan-fu or Shensi: 'I came to a great kingdom called
