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Dear Hazarika:
Thanks for the
enlightenment.
I was under the impression that Di
is a Bodo word only. Did not know that it is also a Dimasa name.
What may the word Dimasa may
mean?
What do you a place name like Ti-ok
may mean?
Rajen Barua
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:18
AM
Subject: Place names
Mr. Rajen Barua,
Just a few comments on place names in
(mostly) uper Assam. The river names that start with "Di" as in
"Dikhow", Dihing, Dibru, etc. are Dimasa in origin. Di is associated with
water in Dimasa, and it is simiral to the Boro word for water.
On the
other hand, "Nam" is a Tai word for water, "Ti" is a Tai word for
"place". So the place names like Namruk is a Tai word which became
Namrup. Ti-hu is a place where there are lots of cows in Tai. Ti=place,
hu=cow. So, Namti is a place associated with water. Why water, I do not
know? In Tai like other Asian languages, in composite words, the
classification come first as in Nam-Lao= Lao-paani, Cheng-Dao= star-light.
Cheng=light, Dao=star.
Best,
P. Hazarika
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