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Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



HiNDOSTAN. 



Gyami, sya ; Eodong, sa ; Kami, apa-ime ; and Kocch, kai ; Mithan 

 'N&ga,, oveh ; Tablung Naga, oivai ; Aunam, 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, mrai ; 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, 



English. 



Malagasi. 



Malay. 



Samoan. 



Maobi. 



Hawaiian. 



What 



inona 



apa 



le a, se a 



aha 



he- aha 



HiNDOSTAN. 



Manyak, hano; Karnataka, yenu ; Tuluva, jaw« ; Kurgi, yennu; Kurumba, 

 yenu; and Chourasya, ania; Munipuri, j-ja-may-nay ; Kami, Apa-i-vae. 



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 analogixes of Malagasi are found in Tibet, 

 hano ; and in Southern India, yeyiu, jana, yennu, yenu; and of Malayan and 

 Polynesian — in E. Nepal, ama ; E. Bengal, p^-may-nay ; and Indo-China, 

 apa-ivae. 



In Javanese the term is apa, which is the Malay word. 



English. 



Malagasi, 



Malay. 



Samoan. 



Maori. 



Hawaiian. 



Little 



keU 



sadikit 



iti-iti 



iti 



H-i, hi-hi 



HiNDOSTAN. 



Gyarung, kuh-che ; Kiranti, chichi ; Eodong, pichhe ; Eungchenbung, 

 chichi; Nachhereng, chichha ; Waling, achichi, achi ; Kulungya, chichha, 

 gichha ; Thulungya, kichwe ; Bahingya, kachi ; Khaling, tihiche; Dungmali, 

 achichi; Singpho, katsi ; GsjVO, kitek si ; Bodo, tisi, kitisi ; Nowgong Naga, 

 ishika ; Shan, ai'^; Annam, i< ; Gadaba, klianrftA-/, 



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 



