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Ajype'iidix. 



Maori. 

 One of the causes of this is the possibility 

 of trouble arising from the accidental re- 

 semblance of the word to the name of some 

 chief. The mere fact of his name, or a 

 word similar to it, being iised in a manner 

 considered disrespectful, might be the cause 

 of a quarrel. The following may serve as 

 an illustration of this : — .Some years ago 

 the child of a chief of the Ngatiporou tribe 

 received the name of Te Waii-ama. In con- 

 sequence of this the word Jiomi came into 

 common use for water, and the usual word 

 CwaiJ was avoided for fear of giving oifence. 



The same word may at different times 

 assume functions of several parts of speech. 

 Thus, nouns are frequently used as adjec- 

 tives to denote the material of which the 

 thing is made. Thus : he wihare rau]po — a 

 house built of raujDo ; he roto tuna — a lake 

 in which eels abound. 



The accent is on the fh'st syllable as a 

 general rule. 



Malay. 

 assistance they invoke. The word fnivtjd, 

 a river, is a term of opprobrium in Jaml>i, 

 where the word moara is used instead. 

 Any Scotchman so unfortunate as to have 

 the name of Mclntyre is a great cause of 

 difficulty to the Malays, who will, in well- 

 bred circles, not pronounce his name on 

 any account. 



Here we have the same principle, as 

 Sa ruma atap — a house made of thatch 

 laliar ilcan mati — a pool of dead lish. 



This obtains in Malay. 



SCHEME OF A MAOE,! VERB. 



Earanga — call. 



SCHEME OF A MALAY VERB. 



Pangil — call. 

 I. Indicative. 



INCEPTIVE — past OR FUTURE. 



Ka Tcaranga ia — he called or began to call ; 



he will call or will begin to call. 

 Kahore ia e karatiga — he began or will 



begin not to call. 



2. IMPERFECT— PAST, 



Se Tcaranga ana ai — he was, is, or will be 



calling. 

 Kahore ia e Tcaranga ana — he was not, is 



not, or will not be calling. 



Be fangil nia — he called or began to call. 

 Mau fangil nia — he will call or wiU begin 



to call. 

 Tida pangil pun mulai di/a — he began, etc. 

 Tida mau, pangil p>un mulai dya — he will, 



etc. 



PRESENT, OR FUTURE. 



Dya ada pangil — he is calling. 



Dya suda ada pangil — he was, etc. 



Dya nanti pangil — he will, etc. 



Dya tida pangil — he was or is not calling. 



Dya tida nanti pangil, or ) he will not, 



Tida nanti de pangil ulih nia ) etc. 



3. PERFECT — PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE. 



Kua Tcaranga ia — he had, has, or will have Suda ada de pangil — he had or has, etc. 



called. Nanti suda de pangil — he will, etc. 



Kahore ia Tcia Tcaranga — he had not, has Tida suda de pangil — he had not, etc. 



not, or will not have called. Tida suda nanti de pangil — he will iiot, etc. 



4. INDEFINITE PAST. 



ITca/ranga ia — he called. Dya pangil, ox pangil ulih nia — he called. 



KiTiai ia i Tcaranga — he did not call. Tida de pangil uUTi nia — he did not, etc. 



5. INDEFINITE FUTURE. 



E Tcaranga ia— he will call. Dya mau pangil — he will, etc. 



M Tcore ia e Tcaranga — he will not call. Dya tida mau pangil — he will not, etc. 



6. NARRATIVE FORM. 



Dya suda (or ada) pangil — he called. 

 II. Imperative. 



Pangil — call. 



Jangan pangil — do not call. 

 III. Optative. 

 Kia Tcaranga ia — that he should call. Sebab de pangil ulili w/a— that he, etc. 



IV. Subjunctive. 

 Me e Tcaranga ana ia — If he were calling. Kalau ada de pangil — If he, etc. 



V. Infinitive. 

 Se Tcaranga — to call. Ber-pangil — to call. 



Ka/ranga ana ia — he called. 



Karanga — call. 



Kaua e Tcaranga — do not call. 



