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SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES.
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English. | Prejevalsky's Vocabulary of Tangutan. |
Tibetan.[1] |
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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. | |
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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