And to the German who has circumnavigated the globe, the consideration of these lofty themes is mingled with a glow of pride and satisfaction, in reflecting that it is a kindred Anglo-Saxon race, to whom apparently has been assigned the glorious mission of diffusing a new life over the earth, of carrying the light of Christian civilization, of political liberty, and spiritual culture, to the most primitive tribes in the furthest regions of the world, and of heralding, amid the ruins of slavery and despotism, the day-spring of a lasting era of Freedom, Peace, and Prosperity!
THE END.
VOL. II.
APPENDIX A.
A VOCABULARY
(ARRANGED UPON GALATIN'S SYSTEM)
OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE NATIVES OF THE NICOBAR ARCHIPELAGO.[158]
| Name of object in English. | Dialect used in Kar Nicobar (called Puh by the natives). The most northerly island, 9° 10′ N., 93° 36′ E. | Dialect used in the Central Group, consisting of the islands of Nangkauri, Kamorta, Pulo Milú, Kondúl, and Lesser Nicobar. | Corresponding words used by the Malay inhabitants of Pulo Penáng, 5° 25′ N., 100° 21′ E. |
| God | — | — | — |
| evil spirit | — | eewée | hontú |
| man | kigonje | báhju | orang |
| people | tarík | — | — |
| woman | kigána | angána | poorampúan |
| old woman | — | angána-oomiáha | — |
| boy | lúenda | kanióom | booda-kitschí |
| lad | marengla | ilúh | — |
| young girl | nia-kookána | kanioóm-angána | booda-poorampúan |
| child | niá | poa | ana-kitschí |
| father | jong | tschía | bápa |
| my father | jong-tióo | — | — |
| mother | kamioján | tschía-angána | ma, mák |
| old man | jong-niá | angónje | chaudáu |
| old woman, feeble woman | — | koomhóois | chaudán-poorampooan |
| son | kóoan | góan or ilúh | ana-chaudán |
| daughter | kóoan | kanióom-angana | ana-pooram-pooan |
| brother | kanána | tscháo-angana | kaka |
| head | kóoi | góeh | kapalá |
| hair | kooiá | jogh | ramut |
| face | gúa | matscháka | mooká |
| forehead | mal | lal | dái |
| ear | nang | neng | talénga |
| earrings worn by natives | nang | itiéi | — |
| eye | mat | oal-mát | mattá |
| eyebrows | — | ok-mát | — |
| nose | elmé | moáh | idóng |
| nostrils | — | ol-moáh | lo-bang-idong |
| chin | — | enkóin | dagóo |
| cheek | — | tapóah | pípi |
| breast | — | alendája | dáda |
| throat, larynx | — | ungnóka | kronkóugan |
| calf of the leg | — | kanmoána | jantong-bóotis |
| mouth | minú | manóing | mulót |
| tongue | litág | kaletág | lidá |
| tooth | kanáp | kanáp | jijée |
| beard | máin-kóoa | inhóing | boolo-báo |
| neck | likún | unlóngha | tinkó |
| arm | kel | koál | langán |
| hand | koontée | oktái | tangán |
| palm of the hand | — | oal-tái | — |
| finger | heng | kani-tái | charée |
| nail | kiusó | kaischúa | kookóo |
| body or trunk | aláha | okáha | badán |
| belly | áik | wuiáng | baróot |
| navel | — | fon | boosát |
| thigh | kaldrán | booló | pahá |
| foot | eldrán | lah | tapa-kakí |
| toes | kundrán | kanéch-lah or ok lah | daloognoo-kakí |
| bone | tangáe | ung-éjing | tooláng |
| skin | — | ihé | kooléet |
| knee | — | kohanoáng | lutót |
| heart | faniéoola | kióyen | hangát |
| blood | mahám | wooáh | dará |
| village | panám | mattái | kampong |
| chief | máh | oomiáh-mattái | capitan, capitan-kampong |
| warrior | hol | — | toomóh |
| friend | moowée | jól | bái, bánia-bái |
| friendship | hóldra | — | — |
| house, hut | patée | njee | roomá |
| kettle | tzitóom | poonhágua | balanga, panél |
| arrow | alindreng | bel | ana-paná |
| bow | lindreng | donna | paná |
| axe, hatchet | hanyeng | enlóin | kapá |
| flint | — | hindél | sanapáng |
| cannon | — | hin-wáu | mariám |
| shot | — | hadéel | pasang-bóodeel |
| knife | sooréeta | kahánáp | pisóh |
| canoe, or boat | ap | dëuá | sampán |
| rudder | — | duende-dol-deüá | — |
| shoe | kundróka | zapatos (corruption of Portuguese) | kasút, supátu |
| bread | pekó | puáng (Portuguese, pan) | roti |
| pipe, whistle | rípa | tanóp | hundchúe |
| to smoke | — | top-oomhói | asap |
| tobacco | tobacco | oomhói | tumbáko |
| bamboo tobacco-box | ooráng | — | — |
| heaven | halyáng | oal, galahája | langéet |
| sun | tawúo | heng | mataharée |
| moon | chingát | kahaé | boolán |
| full-moon | sohó | — | — |
| star | tanoosamát | shokmaléicha | bintang |
| day | tahei | heng | tsará |
| night | átam | hatám | malám |
| darkness | sangóola | doochóol | bania-galáp |
| morning | haaréi | hagée | pagée |
| day after to-morrow | — | chayesláng | hiso-pagée-pagée |
| evening | haráp | ladiáyá | patang |
| summer (i. e. the dry or fine season) | talák | koi-kapa (N.E. monsoon) | poolan-nám |
| winter (i. e. the rainy season) | koomra | sohóng (S.W. monsoon) | barát |
| wind | koofótt | hash | angéen |
| lightning | nieïnáka | máit | kilát |
| thunder | koonróka | komtoogna | gooróh |
| rain | koomra | amà | oosán |
| clouds | talóol | galaháya | awán |
| east | — | hash-fooly | téemor |
| west | — | hash-soháng | barát |
| south | — | hash-láhhna | slatán |
| north | — | hash-kapá | ootára |
| fire | tamóia | hióye | ápee |
| to kindle a fire with bamboo | kiséit | — | — |
| water | neak | dák | ajaír |
| salt-water | — | kamaléh | aja-masséen |
| sand | toomlát | péeèt | pasói |
| earth, land | panámm | oal-mattái | kampong |
| sea | máee | oal-kamaléh | aja-masséen |
| flood-tide | — | hayjáoo | ajáir-báh |
| ebb | — | tchóh | sooróot |
| river | tit-mak | hiajarák | soongwáy |
| valley | — | alhodá | lémba |
| hill | yógle | kohinjúan | boojétt (boo-kéett) |
| mountain, forest | koochiónn | — | boojétt-bassa |
| island | panám, poolgna | poolgna, mattái | póolo |
| stone, rock | chóng | mangáh | batóo |
| brass | mas | kalaháee | tamagá |
| iron | wert | kadáo | bacee, (bucee) |
| tree | kaha-chiónn | koy-unjéeha | atas-kayóo |
| wood | chiónn | oomnóeet | kayóo |
| leaf | droée-chiónn | da-unjéeha | daáeen-kayóo |
| bark | ook-chiónn | ok-unjéeha | coolie-kayór |
| grass | káee-op | oobjóoab | roombót |
| human flesh | aláha | — | — |
| flesh | kirinée | okaóoha | koolétt |
| pork | naoon | — | — |
| parrot | sakáha | katók | buron-baján nóri, kastóoree |
| maina (bird known as Graculus Indicus) | kachaláo | sichóoa | buron-tiónn |
| cocoa-palm | kahataóoka | oocejáoo | niónn |
| green cocoa-nut | taóoka | njáoo | nionn-mooda |
| ripe cocoa-nut | toowooáyka | gnoátt | massá |
| banana | tanióonga | hibóo | pisang |
| sugar-cane | lamóoa | — | tóoboo |
| yam | toltatchióng | — | koontang oobee-bóonggala |
| anana | — | choodóo | avanas |
| Carica-papaya | popáy | popáy | papáya |
| pandanus | — | laróhm | — |
| palm-wine (toddy) | — | doágh | tóoak |
| pig | — | not | babi |
| ape | ointchí | dooáeen-káeen | grah |
| dog | ahm | ahm | autchíng |
| cock | hayám | kamóoe-koep | ajam-tchantán |
| hen | kooan-hayám | kon-kamóoe, tschi-kamóoe | ajam-bootéena |
| rat | komét | — | tíkus |
| cat | koomeáo | — | kootchíng |
| serpent, snake | petsch | paéetya, toolán | ooláh |
| bird | tschi-aítchou | sitchúa | boorón |
| egg (generally) | óoha | hóoeeja | toolo |
| hen's egg | — | hóoeeja-kamóoe | tulo-ajám |
| dove | makóoka | moomóoh | pregám-moorpáti |
| fish | kah | gah | ikán |
| paper | — | láeeberi | kóortas |
| lead-pencil | — | anet-láeeberi | halam-téemah |
| key | — | tenooán | anak-kúntchi |
| chain | — | maláo | rantik |
| white | tesó | tenjéea | pootáy |
| black | turíng | óeel | itám |
| black coat | — | loaim-óeel | — |
| red | sakalátt | ak | máyra |
| blue | turing | tchoongóa | kalabóo |
| dark-blue | turing | — | — |
| light-blue | tatóoka | — | — |
| yellow | tangáo | láaom | kooncéng |
| green | faiáll | tchoongóa | itchó |
| large | maróla | kadóo | loás |
| small | keejilóng | oompáeetche | kitchée |
| strong | takale-aláh | koáng | prat |
| old | mah | boomóoashe oomiáha | tóoa |
| young | neeáy | eelóoh | moodá |
| good | taláck | lapów | bagóoce |
| bad | atláck | hadlapa | tabáee |
| pretty | talácka-kóoa | lapóa | báee |
| very beautiful | — | ilote-lapóa | bánia-báee |
| ugly | atlácka-koóa | jóoh | hang |
| living | atkáppa | ahn | deeáa |
| dead | kóopa | kapá | matti |
| cold | leejéet | kaáy | sitchóo |
| warm | wooang, or wáyee-low | keeojan | hang-át |
| I | teeóoa | teeóoa | sajá |
| thou | mough | mooáyh | aug |
| he | kna | ahn | deeá |
| we | — | teeóe | kéeta, kámi |
| ye or you | — | eefóe | augkáoo |
| they | — | efoe-bajóo-oomtohm | dia-orang, or marikaéetoo |
| this | eenáy | neeáe or néena | seenee, eenee |
| that | oomóo | anáay | seetóo |
| all | rókayra | oomtóhm | samooáa |
| much | marónga | ootóhatche | baniá, baniák |
| who? | akéea? | tchée? | sapaée? (seeáppa) |
| who is he? | — | tchick-ahn? | — |
| near | raáyta | meáyhoa | dakátt |
| distant | — | hóee | tchaó |
| very far | — | hóee-kah | — |
| to-day | taháee | lenheng | arynée, harée |
| yesterday | waháy | mandiój | koomaréen, klamaréen |
| to-morrow | hooráyeek | hakáyee | heéso (bisok) |
| yes | hoán | aón | ijá |
| no | draháwa | ooát | tidá |
| one | hang | hayáng | satóo |
| two | anátt | ah | dooá |
| three | lóoay | lóeh | téega |
| four | fön | fooán | oompátt |
| five | tanáyee | tanáyee | léema |
| six | tafóol | tafoóel | njam |
| seven | sat | ishiátt | tootchó |
| eight | háware | oenfoán | lapánn |
| nine | matióotare | hayáng-hata | sambilán |
| ten | som | som | sibooló |
| eleven | kaook-séeen | som-háyang | sebeláss |
| twelve | áh-sien | som-áh | dooabeláss |
| thirteen | looay-sien | som-loáy | teejabeláss |
| twenty | kaóok-matiáma | heng-oomtchóma | dua-poolów |
| twenty-one | kaóok-matiáma-heng | heng-oomtchóma-heang | dua-poolów-satóo |
| twenty-two | kaook-matiama-anátt | heng-oomtchóma-ah | dua-poolów-duá |
| thirty | looay-kanyoo | heng-oomtchóma-toktay | tiga-poolów |
| forty | fön-kanyóo | ahm-oomtchóma | ampátt-poolów |
| fifty | tanáyee-kanyóo | ahm-oomtchóma-toktay | léema-poolów |
| sixty | tafoól-kanyoo | looáy-oomtchóma | njam-poolów |
| hundred | heng-ohn | som-oomtchóma | saratooce |
| thousand | som-ohn | — | sirrybóo |
| to eat | niá | náok | makán |
| one who eats | — | oog-naók | — |
| to drink | kön | táoop | minoong |
| one who drinks | — | oog-taoop | — |
| to run | kayánn | deeánn | larée |
| to dance | küliám | katáoga | máaen, murari |
| to go | keerángary | tchoo | bigée |
| to grow slowly | att-kayán | — | — |
| to sing | tingócka | aekásha | magnánee |
| to sleep | loom | eetáyak | teedów |
| to speak | róa | olliówla | sakápp |
| to see | mooak | hadáh, oog-hadáh | tengo |
| to love | hanganlón | soojónghién | bánia-kesseéen |
| to kill | sap | oorrée | bóton, boonóh |
| to cut one's self | — | ottáh | — |
| to sit | ratt | katö | doodó |
| to sit down | — | bóoja | — |
| to stand | talánn | ockshéeaga | badyrée |
| to come | jéehee | kaáytery | marée |
| to yawn | — | hengáp | móongwap |
| to laugh | — | itée | toortáwa |
| to weep | — | teeóom | moonángis |
| native stringed instrument (see p. [122]) | — | dennang | — |
| areca-nut | tissáh | heejáh | pinang |
| coral chalk | soonám | shónn | kapoor |
| betel-leaf | kooránia | hakáyee, aráy | sirée |
| tortoise-shell | kap | — | koolet-kará |
| fly | inlooáyee | jóoay | lapátt |
| mosquito | moosóka | mihója | njamó |
| feather or pencil | kanuítch | anet-láyeebery | kalám |
| wing | — | danówen | sajáp |
| name | minánee | lérmay | namáa |
| what is your name? | — | kin-lérmay | apa-namáa |
| weapon | hinwótt | hindéll | boodéel |
| cow-pox | mallóck | — | tcha-tchár |
| white man | isohokooa | bájoo-tatenn-hamátt | orang-bootáy |
| a Malay or yellow man | — | kolog-hamátt | orang-máyra |
| black man | — | taóln-hamátt | orang-itám |
| voyage or journey | — | johatáyha | blajárr |
| doctor | manlóoena | manlóoena | bornów |
| honey | — | — | lapáa |
| flute (see p. [122]) | — | hinhell | bangsée |