l final, vocalised to i or dropped in Mikir, 22, 164
lac (lāhā), 11
lads’ clubs, 11
Lālungs, 3
làng, water, 168
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
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
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
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
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
no-rīk, earring, 6
Nòròk, Hell, 28
number (in grammar), 75
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
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
Pirthàt Rēchō, 176
pō, father, used for son or grandson, 99, 101, 121
pohu, poho, turban, 5
pòngting, ornament, 141
possession (by spirits), 29
postpositions, 76–77
pottery, 10
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-pī, 43
Ròngkhàng, 5
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
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
sounds of Mikir language, 73, 74;
equivalents in other Tibeto-Burman languages, 164
spirits (alcohol), 13
Stack, Edward, passim
substantive verb, no separate, 81
“Swan-maidens,” folk-tale, 45
Tabu, 43
tattooing of women, 6
tèkē-rē (“tiger-skilled”), 37
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