INDEX
Reading edition
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
l final, vocalised to i or dropped in Mikir, 22, 164
lac (lāhā), 11
lads’ clubs, 11
Lālungs, 3
Làm-aphū, 33, 34
làng, water, 168
làng-bòng, gourd, 9, 10
làngbòng-pō, 12
Làng-kàngtung, 33
lànglut, 33
làngsun, 33
làng-tē-nun, 9
làngtuk, 42
language, 73 ff.; best evidence of affinity, 155
lèk, necklace, 6
Lèkthē, 16
lèngpum, rice pounder, 132
Linguistic Survey, ix., xii., 45, 73, 153, 160, 165
lōdèt, lōdètpī, 34, 35, 36
lòng, mortar, 132
lòng-chòng, 42
lòng-pàk, 42
lōpòng-brik, 13
Lorrain, Mr., J. H., 168
Lushei language compared with Mikir, 169–171
Mādolī (Ass.), ornament, 141
magic, 34
mājā, witchcraft, 34
majā-kelòng, 34, 36
mangalsuā (Ass.), 34
mànthung, 50
manufactures, 10
mārō, 11
marriage, 17–18; age for, 17; ceremony, 18; with maternal uncle’s daughter, 17, 18, 53, 154; of widows, 20
maternal uncle responsible for disease, 36; at funeral, 39, 41, 42
mauzas, 22
mē (village council), 19, 21, 22
meals, 13
mēhīp, fireplace, 9
mē-pī, 22
Mikirs, the: charms used, 36; compared with Southern Chins, 169, 171; crops, 10, 11; divination, 34; dress, 5; exogamous groups, 16, 23–27; folk-tales, 45; food and drink, 12, 13; Gods and their worship, 30–34; grammar, 73 ff.; habitat, 2–3; houses, 7–9; institutions resembling those of Chins, 154; do. resembling those of Nagas, 154; language, 73 ff.; manufactures, 10; marriage, 17–18; mauzas, 22; measurements, 4; migration into Āhom territory, 5; musical instruments, 150; names, personal, 17; neighbours, 3, 23; numbers, 1; numerals compared with those of other Tibeto-Burman languages, 156–160; occupations, 7; original abode, 4; ornaments, 5; outsiders admitted to tribe, 23; parallels to folk-tales elsewhere, 45, 55, 72; physical appearance, 4; pronouns compared with other Tibeto-Burman forms, 161–162; publications in Mikir, 177; relationships, words for, 20, 21; do. compared with Lushei, 155; sections, 15; time, how divided, 95, 149–150; unwarlike character, 151–2; villages, 7; village councils, 22; vocabulary compared with Boṛo, 166–7; do. with Southern Chin and Lushei, 169–171; weapons, 6; witchcraft, 34–36
Mikir Hills, the, 2, 15
milk not used, 12
mī-thòngròng, spinning wheel, 10
mo, 12
monosyllabic roots, 74–75
months, 149–150
Moore, Rev. P. E., xi., 19, 26–27, 44
mo-tàn ārē, ārvī, 12
mountains worshipped, 33
Mukràng 31, 36, 70
muri, fife, 150
musical instruments, 150
Nagas, institutions compared with those of Mikirs, 154
Nagas, Western, resemblances; of language, 165
names, personal, 17
nàng, particle of vividness, 82, 96
nàng, verb of necessity, 83
Nats (Burma), 153
natural objects worshipped, 33
negative verb, 85
Neighbor, Rev. R. E., viii, xii, 175
night, divisions of the, 95
Nihàng, 4
nihu, maternal uncle, 39, 41, 42
Nilīp, 4
nòk, sugar-cane, 13
nòk, nòkjīr, 6, 35
nòksèk, 9, 54–5 (note), 112
no-rīk, earring, 6
Nòròk, Hell, 28
number (in grammar), 75
numerals, 78; compared with other languages, 156–160
Oaths, 37
obòkpī, 39, 41
ōjhā = uchē, 30
òkbòr, 31
Oklàngnō, 32
opium, use of, 14
ornaments, 6
orphan in folk-tales, 45
Orphan and his Uncles, the, story, 48–55, 95–112
outsiders admitted to tribe, 23
Pāju, rival wife, 118
pàn, pàng, 9
pàn-hòngthu, 9
pàng-hòngkup, 9
pàngrī, marriage, 134
parallels to Mikir stories from Aimōl Kukis, 45; from Angāmī Nāgas, 45; from Celebes, 72; from North Kumaon, 45, 55
Pāròk = Boṛo, Kachārī, 23
participles, 83
passive phrases, 84
pātèng, rival wife, 118
patriarchal institutions, 17, 152
pē, mother, used for daughter, 148
pē-ārnàm-pī, 34, 49, 99
Pèng, 31
pē-theràng, loom, 10
phàk-āphū-kācholàng, 40
phàk-roi, 9
phàndiri, 11
phànkrī, 11
phārlō, spirit, 28
pherem, charm, 36
Phillips, Rev. E. G., 160
phutup, cap, 5
pīnī, petticoat, 6, 62
Pirthàt Rēchō, 176
pō, father, used for son or grandson, 99, 101, 121
pō-ārnàm-pō, 34, 49, 99
pohu, poho, turban, 5
polygamy, 19, 20, 174
pòngsī, flute, 128, 150
pòngting, ornament, 141
possession (by spirits), 29
postpositions, 76–77
pottery, 10
prefixes, 75, 159, 164, 171
promiscuity, antenuptial, 19, 154
pronouns, 79–80; compared with other Tibeto-Burman forms, 161, 162; reflexive, 80, 96, 162; relative, how expressed, 80, 101
Ràp, 64
re-incarnation, 29
reflexive particles and pronouns, 80, 96, 162
Rèk-ànglòng, 31
relationship, words for, 20–21; compared with words in Lushei, 155
relative pronouns, substitute for, 80, 101
Rengma Nagas, 3
rice-beer, 13
rice-crop, 10; names for rice, 122; divination by rice, 34; rice-pounding, 132
rikòng, dhoti, 5
rīsō-kāchirū, 40
rīsō-mār, 11, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
Robinson, Mr. W., 153, 173, 174
roi, bracelet, 6
ròng, village = Burmese rwa, 168
Rònghàng, 15
ròngkēr, 22, 32, 43
ròngkēr-pī, 43
Ròngkhàng, 5
rū, trap, cage, 12, 48, 49
Sacrifices, 30, 34
sàng, cleaned rice, 122
sànghō-kerai, 11
sàng-kelàng-ābàng, 34
sang-ràngtik, 9
Sārdokā, Perrin Kay, viii, ix, xii, 44, 177
sārlār, sārthē, 22
Savidge, Mr. F. W., 168
seasons of the year, 149
sequences in folk-tales, 45
serōsō, 39, 41
sibū, indigo, 10
silver, Aryan word used for, 112
sinàm, head strap, 4
sodār kethē, 11
sodār-sō, 11
sòk, paddy, 122
Sō-mēmē, 32
Sòt Rēchō, 5, 15
sounds of Mikir language, 73, 74; equivalents in other Tibeto-Burman languages, 164
spirits (alcohol), 13
Stack, Edward, passim
Stewart, Lt. R., 153, 175
substantive verb, no separate, 81
“Swan-maidens,” folk-tale, 45
Tabu, 43
tattooing of women, 6
tèkē-rē (“tiger-skilled”), 37
tèl-ē, 39, 41
tenses of verb, 81–82
teràng, bachelors’ house, 11
Teràng, exogamous group, 16
Teròn, exogamous group, 16
thai (arrow), thai-lī, bow, 6
thàp, ferment, 13
thārmīt, turmeric, 11
thèng-roi-rai, 9
thèngthē, maize, 11
Thèngthòn, 32
therī, cremation-ground, 39
Thīrèng-vàngrèng, 29
Tholuā, 17
Thòng-Nòkbē, 5
tī, water, in vo-tī, egg, 168
tibung, 7
tigers, death from, 37–38, 49, 71, 98–99
tikup, 9
time, divisions of, 95, 149–150
Timung, exogamous group, 16
traps for fish, 12, 48, 49; for tigers, 12
-tum, plural affix, 75
Uchē (ōjhā), 30, 34
uchē-pī, 39, 41, 42
ur, 64
vànkòk, girdle, 6, 39
verbs, 81
verb substantive, no separate, 81
verbal particles compared with forms in other Tibeto-Burman languages, 163
village, word for, in Tibeto-Burman languages, 167
village councils, 22
villages, 7, 21
vocabulary of Mikir compared with Boṛo, 166–167; with Southern Chin, 168–171; with Lushei, 171
vo-hārlīp, 9
vo-roi, 9
vowel harmony, 118, 129
vur-kāchethàt, 36
Waddell, Col. L. A., xi, 4, 176
water, word for, in Tibeto-Burman languages, 167
weapons, 6
weaving, 10
widow-marriage, 20
witchcraft, 34, 36
worship, 30–34
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