The Mikirs :: INDEX

INDEX

Edward Stack

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

adjectives, 77

adultery, 19

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

Ahoms, 5

Ajo-ase, 32

akejoi, 18, 19

akemÈn, 18, 19

Allen, Mr. B. C., 176

Allen, Rev. Mr., xi., 14, 44, 70–72

Amri, 15

amulets, 30

Àn-bÒr, 11, 31

ar-, prefix, 129, 162

arÀk, 13

arhÀng, trap, 12

arjÀn, shade, ghost, 28

ArlÈng, 4, 117, 126

ArnÀm, God, 30, 33, 34

ArnÀm = do, 33

ArnÀm Kethe, 30, 152

ArnÀm pharo (paro), 31–32, 43

arnÀn, ring, 6

arphÈk-po, 12

arpÒng, 7

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

Bachelors’ house, 11

Baker, Mr. E. C., 176

bÀnjar, 39, 40

barlÒn, 11

baskets, 10, 100, 103

beer, rice-, 13

betel-nut, 14

betrothal, 17

bhimraj, feathers worn, 6

birik, red pepper, 11

bithi, 14

blacksmiths, 10

Boikuntho, 28

Bongnai, 23

bÒr, amulet, 30

Bo?o, resemblances to, 166–7

borrowings from Assamese, 152;
from Khasis, 152

bow, 6

bride-price, labour given for, 18, 19

Brownlow, Mr. C., 11

bu, 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, eri, 11

causal verbs, 86

Census reports, 1, 23, 153, 176

charms, 36

chÈng, drum, 38, 150

chÈng-brup, 150

chÈngbrup-pi, 11

chÈngbrup-so, 11

Chins, compared with Mikirs, 169–171

Chins, Southern, 153

chinhÀk-po, 12

ChintÒng, 15

chir, spear, 6

choi, jacket, 5

choi-apre, fringe, 5

cholera, sacrifice for, 32

ChomÀng = Khasi, 23

ChomÀng-ase, 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 (dorik), pheasant, 65

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

Dimasa, 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

duhuidi, 39, 41

Dumrali, 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

eri, silk (pe-inki), 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

gaon?bura, 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

hÀnthar, 46

Harata-Kun?war, story of, 45, 55–70, 113–149

harmony, vowel, 118, 129

harvest-home, 43

head-strap, 4

hemai, blacksmith, 10

Hempatin, 173

HÈmphu, 31, 36, 70

hÈmthÀp, 50

hÈn, arums, colocasia, 11

hepi, aubergines, bain?gan, 11

Hickson, Mr. S. J., 72

Hi-i, 29

hÒng, 9

hÒngkup, 9

hÒngpharla, 9

hongplÀng, 9

hÒng-thu, 9

hÒngvÀt-abi, 41

Hooker, Sir Joseph, 33

hÒr, hÒrpo, 13, 14

hÒr-alÀng, 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

ingjir-arlo, 39, 41, 42

InglÒng-pi, 31

ingtÀt, 14

Ingti, 16

ingtÒk, 36

inheritance, 21

inki, 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

jiso, woman’s wrapper, 6, 39

JÒm-arÒng, 28, 29, 37

JÒm Recho, 28, 29

jungle-cock, 65

Kacharhe, 41 (28–29)

Kacharis, 23.
See Bo?o and Dimasa

kadÈng-chinro, 6

kala azar, 2

kÀm, 7

kÀm-athÈngthÒt, 9

kÀngtÒk abÀng, 36

kÀn-pi, 38

karakli, 30

karjÒng, spirit, 36

kasole, 40

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

Keche = Khasi, 23

keroi-dun, betrothal, 14

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

Khasis, 3, 4, 6, 17

kim, to build = to marry, 125

klÈng-dun, 11

klÈng-sarpo, 11, 39

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

kove, betel-nut, 14

Kuki-Chins, compared with Mikirs, 154

Kukis, 3

kum, fiddle, 150

kum-aliso, fiddle-bow, 150

Kupli: see Kopili

kur, 16, 23–27

kut, 7

kut-athÈngthÒt, 9

l final, vocalised to i or dropped in Mikir, 22, 164

lac (laha), 11

lads’ clubs, 11

Lalungs, 3

LÀm-aphu, 33, 34

lÀng, water, 168

lÀng-bÒng, gourd, 9, 10

lÀngbÒng-po, 12

LÀng-kÀngtung, 33

lÀnglut, 33

lÀngsun, 33

lÀng-te-nun, 9

lÀngtuk, 42

language, 73 ff.;
best evidence of affinity, 155

lÈk, necklace, 6

LÈkthe, 16

lÈngpum, rice pounder, 132

Linguistic Survey, ix., xii., 45, 73, 153, 160, 165

lodÈt, lodÈtpi, 34, 35, 36

lÒng, mortar, 132

lÒng-chÒng, 42

lÒng-pÀk, 42

lopÒng-brik, 13

Lorrain, Mr., J. H., 168

Lushei language compared with Mikir, 169–171

Madoli (Ass.), ornament, 141

magic, 34

maja, witchcraft, 34

maja-kelÒng, 34, 36

mangalsua (Ass.), 34

mÀnthung, 50

manufactures, 10

maro, 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

me (village council), 19, 21, 22

meals, 13

mehip, fireplace, 9

me-pi, 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 Ahom 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 Bo?o, 166–7;
do. with Southern Chin and Lushei, 169–171;
weapons, 6;
witchcraft, 34–36

Mikir Hills, the, 2, 15

milk not used, 12

mi-thÒngrÒng, spinning wheel, 10

mo, 12

monosyllabic roots, 74–75

months, 149–150

Moore, Rev. P. E., xi., 19, 26–27, 44

mo-tÀn are, arvi, 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

Nilip, 4

nÒk, sugar-cane, 13

nÒk, nÒkjir, 6, 35

nÒksÈk, 9, 54–5 (note), 112

no-rik, earring, 6

NÒrÒk, Hell, 28

number (in grammar), 75

numerals, 78;
compared with other languages, 156–160

Oaths, 37

obÒkpi, 39, 41

ojha = uche, 30

ÒkbÒr, 31

OklÀngno, 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

Paju, rival wife, 118

pÀn, pÀng, 9

pÀn-hÒngthu, 9

pÀng-hÒngkup, 9

pÀngri, marriage, 134

parallels to Mikir stories from Aimol Kukis, 45;
from Angami Nagas, 45;
from Celebes, 72;
from North Kumaon, 45, 55

ParÒk = Bo?o, Kachari, 23

participles, 83

passive phrases, 84

patÈng, rival wife, 118

patriarchal institutions, 17, 152

pe, mother, used for daughter, 148

pe-arnÀm-pi, 34, 49, 99

PÈng, 31

pe-therÀng, loom, 10

phÀk-aphu-kacholÀng, 40

phÀk-roi, 9

phÀndiri, 11

phÀnkri, 11

pharlo, spirit, 28

pherem, charm, 36

Phillips, Rev. E. G., 160

phutup, cap, 5

pini, petticoat, 6, 62

PirthÀt Recho, 176

po, father, used for son or grandson, 99, 101, 121

po-arnÀm-po, 34, 49, 99

pohu, poho, turban, 5

polygamy, 19, 20, 174

pÒngsi, 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

riso-kachiru, 40

riso-mar, 11, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42

Robinson, Mr. W., 153, 173, 174

roi, bracelet, 6

rÒng, village = Burmese rwa, 168

RÒnghÀng, 15

rÒngker, 22, 32, 43

rÒngker-pi, 43

RÒngkhÀng, 5

ru, trap, cage, 12, 48, 49

Sacrifices, 30, 34

sÀng, cleaned rice, 122

sÀngho-kerai, 11

sÀng-kelÀng-abÀng, 34

sang-rÀngtik, 9

Sardoka, Perrin Kay, viii, ix, xii, 44, 177

sarlar, sarthe, 22

Savidge, Mr. F. W., 168

seasons of the year, 149

sequences in folk-tales, 45

seroso, 39, 41

sibu, indigo, 10

silver, Aryan word used for, 112

sinÀm, head strap, 4

sodar kethe, 11

sodar-so, 11

sÒk, paddy, 122

So-meme, 32

SÒt Recho, 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

tÈke-re (“tiger-skilled”), 37

tÈl-e, 39, 41

tenses of verb, 81–82

terÀng, bachelors’ house, 11

TerÀng, exogamous group, 16

TerÒn, exogamous group, 16

thai (arrow), thai-li, bow, 6

thÀp, ferment, 13

tharmit, turmeric, 11

thÈng-roi-rai, 9

thÈngthe, maize, 11

ThÈngthÒn, 32

theri, cremation-ground, 39

ThirÈng-vÀngrÈng, 29

Tholua, 17

ThÒng-NÒkbe, 5

ti, water, in vo-ti, 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

Uche (ojha), 30, 34

uche-pi, 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 Bo?o, 166–167;
with Southern Chin, 168–171;
with Lushei, 171

vo-harlip, 9

vo-roi, 9

vowel harmony, 118, 129

vur-kachethÀt, 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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