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Caucasian families over the earth, I have observed this change more aptly 
illustrated in different copies of the Lisbon and Colombo Bible. But another 
process goes on, both in single and separate tribes, that tends to divergence, 
i.e. in their applying radical expressions to parallel and convertible ideas and 
objects ; and confining ourselves to the regions over which this enquiry will 
extend, we give below some examples of such as have taken place amongst the 
various tribes scattered over the vast extent to which we are led. Thus, in 
Malay, bunga is the radical expression for flowers ; by parallel it is applied to. 
 Sparks—óbunga api, the flower of fire; to rent bunga tannah, the flower of 
land. Again, in Malay, биа is the radical expression for fruit ; by parallel it 
becomes cannon balls—bua meriam, the fruit of cannon ; and by conversion it 
becomes flowers in Maori, viz., pua. Again, in Malay, /ima signifies five ; by 
conversion it becomes lima, the hand, in Salayer, Salibabo, Cajeli, and Lariki, 
tribes in the Moluccas; and by parallel it becomes penglima, an admiral, or 
hand of the sovereign. Finally, the word mata in Malay and several other 
languages, meaning the eye, has extensive application in this manner : thus, 
by parallel mata ayer means a fountain, or eye of water ; mata wang means 
hard cash, or the eye of money ; mata hari means the sun, or the eye of the 
day ; while, by conversion, the same word (mata) in Maori becomes the face. 
Tt will be seen that these primitive people have dabbled a little in 
political economy, for, while they call bua wang (the fruit of money) profit, 
they call bunga wang (the flower of money) interest. Whether this be correct 
science or not I ask the followers of Adam Smith to answer. So also, as 
naturalists, while they call bua fruit, they call eg ggs by the same expression, 
1.е., the fruit of fowls—a hint that even Darwin might not take exception to. 
Some illustrations of the application of radical expressions applied to parallel 
. or convertible ideas and objects :— 
Buah or bua, fruit ; buah raga, football ; buah pari, dice ; buah chatur, draughtsman ; 
buah pelu, testiculi ; buah meriam, cannon balis.: anak buah, dependents of a chief ; buah 
permata, jewels ; sa buah nigri, one town; sa buah ruma, one house; sa buah kapal, one 
ship; buah wang, profit, in Malay ; pua, flowers ; hua, eggs, in io ori, 
Bunga, flowers ; bunga pala, mace; bunga бей, coral; bunga api, т bunga 
wang, interest; "edes tannah, rent, in Maly bunga nea, fruit, in Bolang-hitam. 
Kaki, feet ; kaki, legs ; debawah kaki, at your disposal, in Malay, 
Allah, the Almighty ; alah, to overcome, in Malay ; ber allah, an idol, in Bajow. 
Hulu or ulu, the head of men or beasts, source of a river or of ev ts, handle of a 
sword or knife, interior of a country ; ulu-nian, aboriginal eects bali feathers, 
down, hair; bwlu mata, eyelashes ; buluh, bamboo cane; de hulu, tenen in contradis- 
tinction to de blakang, behind ; pengulu, a leader or chief on land, in Malay ; 
coarse hair ; kuru, brushwood, in Maori ; huru, feathers, in Liang ; bulu, 
uhu, hair, in pel 
Lima, five ; penglima, а leader at sea (an admiral); lima, the hand, in Salayer, 
Salibabo, Cajeli and Lariki ; also, olima, in Bouton ; rilma, in Menado ; rima, in Bolang- 
huru huru, 
feathers, and 
