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Appendix. 



Malagasi. 

 sotroy — let it be drunk ; Jianina — food ; 

 hano — eat, or let it be eaten. 



There are also certain prefixes added to 

 roots of derivative nouns, such as fi, faha, 

 etc., and suffixes, as ana, na, vana, etc., 

 which afi'ect the initial and ultimate letters 

 of each word, a few examples of which are 

 given below by way of illustration : — 



Faoka, s. Clearing off 

 Mamoaka, v. To clear off 

 Fara, s. Anything x'ubbed 

 Mamara, v. To rub or scrape 

 Farana, ad. Level 

 Mamarana, v. To level 

 Feno, ad. Full 

 Mameno, v. To fill 

 Fody, s. Returning home 

 Mamody, v. To return home 



Fono, s. Shrouded like a corpse 

 Mamono, v. To kill 



Fotsy, ad. White 

 Mamotsy, ■;;. To Whiten 

 Hahy, s. The dried by fire 

 Mamahy, v. To dry by fire 

 Hay, s. Knowledge 

 Mahay, v. To know 

 Hantona, s. Hanging 

 Menantona, v. To hang 



Hariva, s. Eveniag. 

 Hataka, s. A petition 

 Mangataka, v. To beg 

 Hatona, s. Approach 

 Mamatona, v. To approach 

 Havokavoka, s. Beating 

 Manavokavoka, v. To beat 

 Helatra, s. Lightning 

 Manelatra, v. To fiash 

 Heloka, s. Iniquity 

 Manameloka, v. To condemn 

 Hevitra, s. Thought 

 Mihievitra, v. To think 

 Hinaka, s. Pomelling 

 Maninaka, w. To beat 

 Hofa, s. Ptent 

 Manofa, v. To pay rent 

 Hombo, s. Nail 

 Manombo, v. To cause to grow 

 Hozona, s. Shaking 

 Manozongozona, v. To shake 

 Kekitra, s. A bite 

 Manekitra, v. To bite 

 Lalo, s. A passing by 

 Mandalo, v. To pass by 

 Lama, s. Slipperiness 

 Mandama, v. To lubricate 

 Lanto, s. The act of arranging 

 Mandanto, v. To arrange 



Malay. 

 root is a verb, the word becomes a substan- 

 tive by a siiffix, as : makan — to eat ; 

 makana n — food. 



The prefixes to roots are me, men, menq, 

 206, pel, pen, her, etc. ; and the suffixes 

 are an, kan, i, etc., the former of which 

 sometimes affect the initial letters, either 

 by elision or substitution. Thus, sural — 

 writing, becomes we/uwra^ — to write. Other 

 examples are below : — 

 Buka, s. Clearing off (as of forest) 

 Membuka, v. To clear off 

 Tara, s. A rub 

 Meniara, v. To rub or scrape 

 Eata, ad. Level 

 Memratakan, v. To level 

 Peno, ad. Full 

 Memeno, v. To fill 

 Mudy, V. To go up a stream 

 Memudy, v. Ditto ; a common mode of 

 travelling in Malaya 

 { Buno, V. To kill 

 I Pembuno, s. A murderer 

 I Pembunohan, s. An execution 

 1 Memuno, v. To kill 

 I lambuno, s. The killed 

 l^Perbunohan, s. A place of execution 



Putih, ad. White 



Memuti, v. To whiten 



Api, s. Fire 



Taro de api, v . Dry it 



Panday, ad. Clever. Pandian, s. Clever- 



Berpanday, v. To be clever [ness 



Gantongau, s. Act of hanging 



Memantong, v. To hang ; but fjantong in 

 general use 



Hari suda pitang, s. Evening 



Mintakan, s. Tile act of begging 



Memintakan, v. To beg 



Dataugan, s. The act of approaching 



Menatang, v. To approach 



Pukulan, s. A beating 



Memukul, ^i. To beat 



Halilintar, s. Thunderbolt 



Berkilat, v. To flash 



Chelaka, s. Misfortune 



Berchelaka, v. To cause misfortune 



Fikiran, s. Thought 



Memikir, v. To think (fiJcir usually) 



Gasa, s. A beating 



Meniasa, v. To beat 



Upa, s. Hire 



Meniupa, v. To hire 



Tumbo, s. A sprout or spike 



Menumbo, v. To sprout 



Goyangan, s. Shaking 



Bergoyang-goyang, v. To shake 



Kikiran, s. Cut, as mth a file 



Bukikir, v. To file 



Lalu-an, s. A passing by 



Menialu, v. To pass by 



Lema limbut, ad. Softly 



Ber-limbutkan, v. To smooth 



Ator-au, a. The act of arranging 



Bcrator, v. To arrauije 



