36 The Oceanic Languages Semitic : 



hia, is identical with the Oc, Mg. i. Sam. suffixes both the 

 Mg. i, as ia, and the Semitic in, as ina. Mg. also suffixes 

 ina, using it for the passive, like the Sam. 



It is remarkable that the Mg. and Javanese infix retains 

 the 01, as does the Semitic, thus Mg. fitaka., deceit, finataka, 

 deceived ; faoka, wipe, finaoka, wiped ; vidy, buy, vinidy, 

 bought. So Javanese charita, a tale, chinarita, to be told ; 

 raya/i, to plunder, rinayah, to be plundered ; panggih, to 

 find, pinanggih, to be found, (Crawford, Diss. pp. 24, 27). 

 The Arb. XIY. and XY. forms infix n after the second 

 consonant of the triradical verb. So of quadrilaterals, the 

 IIIed form " corresponds to the VIIth of the triradical, with 

 this difference, that the characteristic n is not prefixed, but 

 inserted between the second and third radicals," Wr. Gr. § 71. 



In Assy, the compound reflexive tan is infixed after the 

 first radical in " Iftaneal," as ictuon, ictantuon. In Amh. 

 this ta.n is prefixed. 



h. The Reflexive prefix ta. 



This, as already observed, occurs (see above, A. e.) in Fa. 

 tafevafera, My. tabur, scattered, of which see the causative 

 in the place cited. So Fa. tagara, strong (Shaphel sigiri, to 

 make strong), My. tagar, id. Fa. folo, to twist, tafolo, 

 twisted, &c., &c. See Codrington, work cited, for this prefix 

 in other Papuan dialects, pp. 183-4. Sam. fuli, tafuli, Fa. 

 tafulus ; fo'i, tafo'i, to turn over, return ; tagulu, My. 

 dangkur, to snore, Fa. goro, koro ; My. ngrok. My pelaka, 

 broad, niita'pelaka, to be wide ; boroaka, tabor oaka, bored 

 through ; borotsaka, niitaborotsaka,, to slip. My. prefixed 

 tar, " passive," may be this ta and r reflexive pronoun (as in 

 bar, see below) : cf Amh., as to form of compound tan. 



Comparison — 



Fa. bora, to slit, tear lengthwise, Arb. fara, id.; Fa. 

 tabdre, to be opened (as a door), to be chinked, Arb. tafarre 

 (Vth form) slit, rent. This ta, reflexive pronoun, is also the 

 prefix of the Arb. VIth form ; it compares with the Syr. eth, 

 in Ethpeel, Ethpaal, &c. The Arb. Yth is made by pre- 

 fixing this ta to the IInd, which is intensive by doubling, 

 like Piel, the second radical. Hence in Fa. tliis form is 

 often intensive, as bisa, to speak, tabisa, to speak earnestly ; 

 usi, to investigate, tdusi, to investigate thoroughly, Arb. 

 takazzi, id. Fa. usi is for kusi, the k being sometimes 

 pronounced. This ta is prefixed in the three Eth. " Reflexive- 



