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Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



Note. — It will be observed that in the five Barat races, the words standing 

 for the first personal pronoun are radically the same. In Malagasi the first 

 syllable is merely a prefix used before verbs, when emphatic. In the three 

 Polynesian dialects the aspirate is lost, while in Malay the palatal A- takes 

 the place of the aspirate h. The radical in all cases is monosyllabic, ho, 

 ku, u, au, an, the prefixes taking the form of iza, a, o a, ah, w, ow. 



In the Continental races, analogues are found in the Nepal tribes, as go, 

 atig-gnu ; in the East Bengal as ku, ngo ; and in the Indo-Chma as ku. 



In the Malay language I have given the generic term only, the other 

 words used for the personal pronoun I, such as saya, beta, patek, hamha, 

 Hterally meaning slave, or goa, being vulgarly used in towns where the 

 Chinese predominate. 



It may be observed that the Javanese term conforms to the Malay one, 

 to wit, aku. 



English. 



Malagasi. 



Malay. 



Samoan. 



Maoei. 



Hawaiian. 



Thou 



liiauao 



angkau, kau 

 kamu, mu 



'oe 



koe 



oe 



HiNDOSTAN. 



Tliochu, kwe ; Tibetan, khe ; Serpa, khyo ; Murmi, ai ; Denwar, tu-i ; 

 Lepcha, haa ; Kocch, tu-i; Annam, maii ; Ahom, mo; Khamti, mau ; 

 Keikadi, ninu ; Klioud, yinu ; Yerukala, ninu ; Karnataka, ninii. 



Note. — The radicals in use are ao, ait, u, and oe. The prefix in 

 Malagasi being Man; m Malay, angk, kam ; in Samoan, a suppressed 

 aspirate ; in Maori, the palatal k ; and in Hawaiian, the vocal sound o. 



In the Continental races, the analogues of the Malay and Malagasi terms 

 are found in Nepal, khyo; in N.E. Bengal, hau ; in Indo-China, mau; of 

 the second expression in Malay, to wit, mu — in Indo-China, mo ; in Central 

 India, ninu, yinu ; of the Samoan, Maori, and Hawaiian — in Tibet, kice, khe ; 

 in Nepal, ai, tui; in Indo-China, maii. The Malays use the word lu when 

 addi'essing inferiors, and tuan when addressing superiors. 



The Javanese term for thou, viz., kowe, is identical with the Polynesian 

 dialects. 



English. 



Malagasi. 



Malay. 



Samoan. 



Maoki. 



Hawahan. 



He 



izi 



deia 

 eia 



'o ia 



ia 



oia 



HiNDOSTAN. 



Horpa, ja, jya ; Waling, aya ; Denwar, /; Kusunda, isi; Dhimal, wa ; 

 Talain v Men, nya ; Annam, a''i; Ho (Kol), a'i, a'io ; Kol (Singhbhum), 



