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not when the qu or q was thrown out of the Greek alphabet ; probably it was 
rejected with all the harsher sounds represented by the letter w, whether single 
or preceded by gutturals. We know that in some cases it was replaced in Attic 
Greek by the =, in Ionic by the x, e.g. the Latin qua became in the former dia- 
lect +7, in the latter xy. This change was imported to a certain extent into Italy, 
as we find from Frstus that the Oscans called quidquid, pitpit or pirpit, and 
quispiam and nuspiam became Latin words. But the Cumrian, which broke 
off its connection with the Latin language before it formed or admitted the pro- 
noun relative qui, que, quod, (a form of speech unknown both to the Cumrian 
and Homeric languages) writes the important interrogatives Pwy, “‘ who 2” and Pa, 
“what ?” invariably with a P, while the latter word is again in Irish ka, With 
this previous explanation I venture to submit, that the Cum. Pa val, of what kind ? 
compounded of pa and mal, “like,” and Pa vaint, of what size? made up of pa 
and maint, “ size,” furnish us, if we change again the Cum. pa into the Latin qua, 
with the true origin and meaning of the Latin 
Qualis, of what kind ; 
Quantus, of what size. 
For further illustration, I furnish a copy of some observations from Ow. Dict. 
under maint, mal, pa. Maint,! « magnitude, size, bigness, greatness, quantity.” Pa 
vaint syd yna, “ quantum sit in eo” (loco). Mal, “like, similar to,” mal hyn, pro- 
nounced val hyn, “ in this manner.” Pa, “ what,” pa vod, ‘‘ in what manner,” Quo 
modo. 
Quatus, a basket of twigs, wicker work. Cum. cawell, a hamper or basket ; root, caw, 
* a holder which retains or keeps things together.” 
Tatra, a mole, from Cum. talp and talpen, ‘a mass, a lump, a knoll, a round heap 
not large, a knob ;” in the same manner as Mole came from mould-warp, “ the 
caster up of earth.” 
Trans, ‘‘on the further side of, beyond, over, across ;” root, Tra, as may be seen 
in ultra contra, intra, &. But Cum. Tra is a noun (vid. Ow. Dict.), “an extreme, 
an excess,” also a preposition, as tra munid, “ over the mountain,” trans montem, 
r) 
tra mor, “ trans mare.” The Latin noun trabs, a cross-beam, is the Cum. Traws, 
“a cross beam, or a cross man” - 
Vaerna, a sheath. Italian, guaina. Cum. gwain, signifying both “a sheath or the 
carriage of a sword,” as our ancestors called it, and “a waggon,” the vulgar 
pronunciation of vagina, as wain is that of gwain. 
VareEs, a name for Roman poets before the time of Enntus, as he thus attacks Nevius, 
scripsere alii rem 
Versibus quos olim Fauni Vatesque canebant.” 
* Maint in French (magnitude applied to numbers, in Cum. to size, two relations which continually 
interchange, as raves, a few, parvus, small), is a derivative from Magnus, or some cognate form. 
Magnitas in French, would become Maint, as Magis becomes Mais, Pagus Pais, &c. 
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