228 Transactions.— Miscellaneous. 
Hinpostan. 
Gyami, sya; Rodong, sa; Kami, apa-ime; and Kocch, kai; Mithan 
Naga, oveh ; Tablung Naga, owai; Annam, ai; Laos, khai, phai; Ho(Kol), 
okoi; Mundala, okowe ; Gadaba, layi. 
The vocalic root of Malagasi and Malay appears to be ia, and of the 
Polynesian dialects, the reverse, ai. 
In the Continental races, the analogues of Malagasi and Malay are 
found—in Tibet, sya ; Nepal, sa ; N.E. Bengal, apa-ime ; and of the Poly- 
nesian dialects—in N.E. Bengal, kai; East Bengal, oveh, owai; Indo-China, 
ai, khai, phai; and of Central India, okoi, okowe, layi. 
In Javanese, the expression is sapa, which is also sometimes used in 
Malay. 
Enes. | Maracasr. Manay. | Samoan. | Maori. | HAWAIIAN. 
& 
What inona apa z o le a, sea aha he-aha 
Hinpostan. 
Manyak, hano; Karnataka, yenu; Tuluva, jana; Kurgi, yennu; Kurumba, 
yenu; and Chourasya, ama; Munipuri, pa-may-nay; Kami, Apa-i-me. 
Malagasi appears in this instance to have, if any, very remote analogy 
with Malayan and Polynesian; the vocalic root of the latter is aa, a, aa, aa, 
the consonants appertaining to the respective tribes. 
In the Continental tribes, the analogues of Malagasi are found in Tibet, 
hano ; and in Southern India, yenu, jana, yennu, yenu; and of Malayan and 
Polynesian—in E. Nepal, ama; E. Bengal, pa-may-nay; and Indo-China, 
apa-ime. 
In Javanese the term is apa, which is the Malay word. 
EneuisH. | MALAGASI, | Manay. | SAMOAN. | Maori. | HAWAIIAN. 
Little | keli sadikit iti-iti | iti li-i, lii-lii 
Hinpostan 
Gyarung, kuh-che; Kiranti, chichi; Rodong, pichhe; Rungchenbung, 
chichi ; Nachhereng, chichha; Waling, achichi, achi; Kulungya, chichha, 
gichha ; 'Thulungya, kichwe ; Bahingya, kachi ; Khaling, tihiche; Dungmali, 
achichi; Singpho, katsi; Garo, kitek si; Bodo, tisi, kitisi; Nowgong Naga, 
ishika ; Shan, ait; Annam, it; Gadaba, khandiki. 
The vocalic root in all cases is—ei, ii. The Malagasi keli approximates 
more nearly to the Malay kichi or kichil, which signifies small; yet, as 
