Namphrik and Ngapee (1874)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 08:26:49PM -0500, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
> THE LAND OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT:
> TRAVELS, ADVENTURES AND DISCOVERIES IN BURMA, SIAM, CAMBODIE, AND COCHIN-CHINA
> by Frank Vincent
> New York:  Harper and Brothers
> 1874
>
>    I read the 1884 book.  It has a 70-page supplement.  I'm sure the 1874 book is the same thing without the supplement, but I didn't have time to request it.
>    OED has an 1854 "ngapee" under its entry for "balachong."  I don't know what the revised OED has planned for this "N" entry.  "Ngapee" is from Burma.
>

We have a 1835 cite for _ngapi_.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED