Chapter XXII: Appendix: A

A VOCABULARY

(ARRANGED UPON GALATIN'S SYSTEM)

OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE NATIVES OF THE NICOBAR ARCHIPELAGO.[158]

Name of object in | Dialect used in | Dialect used in | Corresponding words
English. | Kar Nicobar | the Central Group, | used by the Malay
| (called PUH by | consisting of the | inhabitants of Pulo
| the natives). | islands of Nangkauri, | Penang, 5 deg. 25' N.,
| The most northerly | Kamorta, Pulo Milu, | 100 deg. 21' E.
| island, 9 deg. 10' N., | Kondul, and Lesser |
| 93 deg. 36' E. | Nicobar. |
| | |
| | |
God | ---- | ---- | ----
evil spirit | ---- | eewee | hontu
man | kigonje | bahju | orang
people | tarik | ---- | ----
woman | kigana | angana | poorampuan
old woman | ---- | angana-oomiaha | ----
boy | luenda | kanioom | booda-kitschi
lad | marengla | iluh | ----
young girl | nia-kookana | kanioom-angana | booda-poorampuan
child | nia | poa | ana-kitschi
father | jong | tschia | bapa
my father | jong-tioo | ---- | ----
mother | kamiojan | tschia-angana | ma, mak
old man | jong-nia | angonje | chaudau
old woman, feeble | ---- | koomhoois | chaudan-poorampooan
woman | | |
son | kooan | goan or iluh | ana-chaudan
daughter | kooan | kanioom-angana | ana-pooram-pooan
brother | kanana | tschao-angana | kaka
head | kooi | goeh | kapala
hair | kooia | jogh | ramut
face | gua | matschaka | mooka
forehead | mal | lal | dai
ear | nang | neng | talenga
earrings worn by | | |
natives | nang | itiei | --
eye | mat | oal-mat | matta
eyebrows | -- | ok-mat | --
nose | elme | moah | idong
nostrils | -- | ol-moah | lo-bang-idong
chin | -- | enkoin | dagoo
cheek | -- | tapoah | pipi
breast | -- | alendaja | dada
throat, larynx | -- | ungnoka | kronkougan
calf of the leg | -- | kanmoana | jantong-bootis
mouth | minu | manoing | mulot
tongue | litag | kaletag | lida
tooth | kanap | kanap | jijee
beard | main-kooa | inhoing | boolo-bao
neck | likun | unlongha | tinko
arm | kel | koal | langan
hand | koontee | oktai | tangan
palm of the hand | -- | oal-tai | --
finger | heng | kani-tai | charee
nail | kiuso | kaischua | kookoo
body or trunk | alaha | okaha | badan
belly | aik | wuiang | baroot
navel | -- | fon | boosat
thigh | kaldran | boolo | paha
foot | eldran | lah | tapa-kaki
toes | kundran | kanech-lah _or_ | daloognoo-kaki
| | ok lah |
bone | tangae | ung-ejing | toolang
skin | -- | ihe | kooleet
knee | -- | kohanoang | lutot
heart | fanieoola | kioyen | hangat
blood | maham | wooah | dara
village | panam | mattai | kampong
chief | mah | oomiah-mattai | capitan, capitan-kampong
warrior | hol | -- | toomoh
friend | moowee | jol | bai, bania-bai
friendship | holdra | -- | --
house, hut | patee | njee | rooma
kettle | tzitoom | poonhagua | balanga, panel
arrow | alindreng | bel | ana-pana
bow | lindreng | donna | pana
axe, hatchet | hanyeng | enloin | kapa
flint | -- | hindel | sanapang
cannon | -- | hin-wau | mariam
shot | -- | hadeel | pasang-boodeel
knife | sooreeta | kahanap | pisoh
canoe, or boat | ap | deua | sampan
rudder | -- | duende-dol-deuea | --
shoe | kundroka | zapatos | kasut, supatu
| | (corruption of |
| | Portuguese) |
bread | peko | puang | roti
| | (Portuguese, pan) |
pipe, whistle | ripa | tanop | hundchue
to smoke | -- | top-oomhoi | asap
tobacco | tobacco | oomhoi | tumbako
bamboo tobacco-box | oorang | -- | --
heaven | halyang | oal, galahaja | langeet
sun | tawuo | heng | mataharee
moon | chingat | kahae | boolan
full-moon | soho | -- | --
star | tanoosamat | shokmaleicha | bintang
day | tahei | heng | tsara
night | atam | hatam | malam
darkness | sangoola | doochool | bania-galap
morning | haarei | hagee | pagee
day after to-morrow | -- | chayeslang | hiso-pagee-pagee
evening | harap | ladiaya | patang
summer | talak | koi-kapa | poolan-nam
(i. e. the dry or | | (N.E. monsoon) |
fine season) | | |
winter | koomra | sohong | barat
(i. e. the rainy | | (S.W. monsoon) |
season) | | |
wind | koofott | hash | angeen
lightning | nieinaka | mait | kilat
thunder | koonroka | komtoogna | gooroh
rain | koomra | ama | oosan
clouds | talool | galahaya | awan
east | -- | hash-fooly | teemor
west | -- | hash-sohang | barat
south | -- | hash-lahhna | slatan
north | -- | hash-kapa | ootara
fire | tamoia | hioye | apee
to kindle a fire | | |
with bamboo | kiseit | -- | --
water | neak | dak | ajair
salt-water | -- | kamaleh | aja-masseen
sand | toomlat | peeet | pasoi
earth, land | panamm | oal-mattai | kampong
sea | maee | oal-kamaleh | aja-masseen
flood-tide | -- | hayjaoo | ajair-bah
ebb | -- | tchoh | sooroot
river | tit-mak | hiajarak | soongway
valley | -- | alhoda | lemba
hill | yogle | kohinjuan | boojett (boo-keett)
mountain, forest | koochionn | -- | boojett-bassa
island | panam, poolgna | poolgna, mattai | poolo
stone, rock | chong | mangah | batoo
brass | mas | kalahaee | tamaga
iron | wert | kadao | bacee, (bucee)
tree | kaha-chionn | koy-unjeeha | atas-kayoo
wood | chionn | oomnoeet | kayoo
leaf | droee-chionn | da-unjeeha | daaeen-kayoo
bark | ook-chionn | ok-unjeeha | coolie-kayor
grass | kaee-op | oobjooab | roombot
human flesh | alaha | -- | --
flesh | kirinee | okaooha | koolett
pork | naoon | -- | --
parrot | sakaha | katok | buron-bajan nori, kastooree
maina (bird | kachalao | sichooa | buron-tionn
known as | | |
_Graculus | | |
Indicus_) | | |
cocoa-palm | kahataooka | oocejaoo | nionn
green cocoa-nut | taooka | njaoo | nionn-mooda
ripe cocoa-nut | toowooayka | gnoatt | massa
banana | tanioonga | hiboo | pisang
sugar-cane | lamooa | -- | tooboo
yam | toltatchiong | -- | koontang oobee-boonggala
anana | -- | choodoo | avanas
_Carica-papaya_ | popay | popay | papaya
pandanus | -- | larohm | --
palm-wine | -- | doagh | tooak
(toddy) | | |
pig | -- | not | babi
ape | ointchi | dooaeen-kaeen | grah
dog | ahm | ahm | autching
cock | hayam | kamooe-koep | ajam-tchantan
hen | kooan-hayam | {kon-kamooe } | ajam-booteena
| | {tschi-kamooe} |
rat | komet | -- | tikus
cat | koomeao | -- | kootching
serpent, snake | petsch | paeetya, toolan | oolah
bird | tschi-aitchou | sitchua | booron
egg (generally) | ooha | hooeeja | toolo
hen's egg | -- | hooeeja-kamooe | tulo-ajam
dove | makooka | moomooh | pregam-moorpati
fish | kah | gah | ikan
paper | -- | laeeberi | koortas
lead-pencil | -- | anet-laeeberi | halam-teemah
key | -- | tenooan | anak-kuntchi
chain | -- | malao | rantik
white | teso | tenjeea | pootay
black | turing | oeel | itam
black coat | -- | loaim-oeel | --
red | sakalatt | ak | mayra
blue | turing | tchoongoa | kalaboo
dark-blue | turing | -- | --
light-blue | tatooka | -- | --
yellow | tangao | laaom | koonceng
green | faiall | tchoongoa | itcho
large | marola | kadoo | loas
small | keejilong | oompaeetche | kitchee
strong | takale-alah | koang | prat
old | mah | boomooashe oomiaha | tooa
young | neeay | eelooh | mooda
good | talack | lapow | bagooce
bad | atlack | hadlapa | tabaee
pretty | talacka-kooa | lapoa | baee
very beautiful | -- | ilote-lapoa | bania-baee
ugly | atlacka-kooa | jooh | hang
living | atkappa | ahn | deeaa
dead | koopa | kapa | matti
cold | leejeet | kaay | sitchoo
warm | wooang, or wayee-low | keeojan | hang-at
I | teeooa | teeooa | saja
thou | mough | mooayh | aug
he | kna | ahn | deea
we | -- | teeoe | keeta, kami
ye or you | -- | eefoe | augkaoo
they | -- | efoe-bajoo-oomtohm | dia-orang, or marikaeetoo
this | eenay | neeae or neena | seenee, eenee
that | oomoo | anaay | seetoo
all | rokayra | oomtohm | samooaa
much | maronga | ootohatche | bania, baniak
who? | akeea? | tchee? | sapaee? (seeappa)
who is he? | -- | tchick-ahn? | --
near | raayta | meayhoa | dakatt
distant | -- | hoee | tchao
very far | -- | hoee-kah | --
to-day | tahaee | lenheng | arynee, haree
yesterday | wahay | mandioj | koomareen, klamareen
to-morrow | hoorayeek | hakayee | heeso (bisok)
yes | hoan | aon | ija
no | drahawa | ooat | tida
one | hang | hayang | satoo
two | anatt | ah | dooa
three | looay | loeh | teega
four | foen | fooan | oompatt
five | tanayee | tanayee | leema
six | tafool | tafooel | njam
seven | sat | ishiatt | tootcho
eight | haware | oenfoan | lapann
nine | matiootare | hayang-hata | sambilan
ten | som | som | siboolo
eleven | kaook-seeen | som-hayang | sebelass
twelve | ah-sien | som-ah | dooabelass
thirteen | looay-sien | som-loay | teejabelass
twenty | kaook-matiama | heng-oomtchoma | dua-poolow
twenty-one | kaook-matiama-heng | heng-oomtchoma-heang | dua-poolow-satoo
twenty-two | kaook-matiama-anatt | heng-oomtchoma-ah | dua-poolow-dua
thirty | looay-kanyoo | heng-oomtchoma-toktay | tiga-poolow
forty | foen-kanyoo | ahm-oomtchoma | ampatt-poolow
fifty | tanayee-kanyoo | ahm-oomtchoma-toktay | leema-poolow
sixty | tafool-kanyoo | looay-oomtchoma | njam-poolow
hundred | heng-ohn | som-oomtchoma | saratooce
thousand | som-ohn | -- | sirryboo
to eat | nia | naok | makan
one who eats | -- | oog-naok | --
to drink | koen | taoop | minoong
one who drinks | -- | oog-taoop | --
to run | kayann | deeann | laree
to dance | kueliam | kataoga | maaen, murari
to go | keerangary | tchoo | bigee
to grow slowly | att-kayan | -- | --
to sing | tingocka | aekasha | magnanee
to sleep | loom | eetayak | teedow
to speak | roa | olliowla | sakapp
to see | mooak | hadah, oog-hadah | tengo
to love | hanganlon | soojonghien | bania-kesseeen
to kill | sap | oorree | boton, boonoh
to cut one's self | -- | ottah | --
to sit | ratt | katoe | doodo
to sit down | -- | booja | --
to stand | talann | ocksheeaga | badyree
to come | jeehee | kaaytery | maree
to yawn | -- | hengap | moongwap
to laugh | -- | itee | toortawa
to weep | -- | teeoom | moonangis
native stringed | | |
instrument | | |
(_see_ p. 122) | -- | dennang | --
_areca_-nut | tissah | heejah | pinang
coral chalk | soonam | shonn | kapoor
betel-leaf | koorania | hakayee, aray | siree
tortoise-shell | kap | ---- | koolet-kara
fly | inlooayee | jooay | lapatt
mosquito | moosoka | mihoja | njamo
feather or pencil | kanuitch | anet-layeebery | kalam
wing | ---- | danowen | sajap
name | minanee | lermay | namaa
what is your name? | ---- | kin-lermay | apa-namaa
weapon | hinwott | hindell | boodeel
cow-pox | mallock | ---- | tcha-tchar
white man | isohokooa | bajoo-tatenn-hamatt | orang-bootay
a Malay or | | |
yellow man | ---- | kolog-hamatt | orang-mayra
black man | ---- | taoln-hamatt | orang-itam
voyage or journey | ---- | johatayha | blajarr
doctor | manlooena | manlooena | bornow
honey | ---- | ---- | lapaa
flute (_see_ | | |
p. 122) | ---- | hinhell | bangsee