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11. An article. Ef., e or a; Heb., he, ha; Phen.,* a. 



12. To put together in a bundle, tar; Heb., tzarr. 



13. A shadow; ate; Po., ata; Heb., ad, exhalation, 

 vapour. From the same root (Heb., aid ; Arb., ada, to bend, 

 be strong, heavy, &c), we have — Ef, ate, a spirit, the soul ; 

 My., ati, heart, mind ; Po., aitu, a ghost, and atua, a god ; 

 also, Ef., Po., My., and Mg., ate, ati, the liver. 



14. Male; anoi; Tah., oni ; My., inu ; Heb., on (aon), 

 virile and genital power. 



15. To spin or weave, sel, (Fiji., sulu, cloth) ; Heb., azal. 

 Like the Heb. and Ch., this Ef. word sel or sal also means 

 to go, depart, and sela is a way or road ; misal is separate 

 (departed) , cf., Arb., cognate, 'azal. 



16. To creep, slip; sol, sosol; Sam., solo (transitive, soK; 

 Sam., soloi, to wipe) ; Heb., zahhal. Like the Arb. and 

 Arm., which, however, substitute d for z, the Sam. sola, solo, 

 means also to run, run away. 



17. To bind around ; ser; Heb., azar; Arb., zarra. Ef., 

 maseri, woman's waist dress. My., s&rxing, the cloth wrapped 

 or girded round the loins of men and women. 



18. A kinsman, ak, ek ; Heb., ach. 



19. To howl, cry out; au (aw') ; Arb., 'awi. 



20. Narrow ; wos ; Heb., autz (wutz). 



21. A mark ; wot ; Heb., aoth (woth). 



22. A pot ; Fiji., yawe. Heb., ahh, a pot or furnace. 

 Ef, ua (uwa), the native oven. 



23. To take ; us, wis, was ; Heb., ahhaz. 



24. Tail ; nger ; My., ekor; Heb., achor, hinder part, rear 

 end. 



25. Not ; e ; (Heb., ai, i) ; Api., i, like Eth. i, prefixed to 

 verbs. 



26. Empty, vain ; lala ; Heb., elil. 



27. Sam., ngali, to gnaw ; (Heb., akal, to eat, bite) ; Ef, 

 ngol, lips. 



28. To say, li ; (le or lo, voice, speech) ; Arb., alia, to cry 

 out ; Amh._, ala, to say, speak. 



29. Hand, arm, ^ima ; Po., id; Api., ma; Heb., amah, the 

 forearm. 



30. To languish, hang down the head (be ashamed, weak) ; 

 mal ; My., malu ; Heb., amcd. 



31. To be strong ; met, matua- ; Fiji and Po., matua ; 

 Heb., ametz. 



* Phenician. 



