The Verb. 



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In the Fa. m does not form a passive, thus, vm, to follow, 

 &c., raiisi, to follow, literally, is following. 



My. ha (and kana) is same as Fi. ka : for this verb 

 substantive, see §4, a. In Oc, as well as in Arb., it is found 

 as an auxiliary, not only of tense and mood, but also of voice. 

 Here as in Arb. (Newman, § 133) it is used " to make a 

 passive verb, as in English." This formation is also found 

 in Ma. and Mo-. 



G. The passive (in a limited sense) marked by a prefixed 

 m. This ni is the participial 7n, and it is of course not to it 

 that the passive force of the word is due. 



Fa. baku, to pluck out, mafaku, Sam. mafct 'ifo, 'i, 

 plucked out. 



Fa. ligi, ligin, to pour out, passive onaligisi, maligl, Sam. 

 maligi, poured out. 



Fa. lubaM, to pour out, passive malubaki, poured out ; 

 reflexive-passive, talubaki, id. 



Mg. 



mcdeiny 

 mcdemileriiy 



manify 



My. 



lamah 

 nipis, onionpis 



Fa. 



Tneiluvi 

 meilwinluvi 



manifenifi 



Sam. 



(soft) 



mafanafana 

 'mafana 



inanifinifL 

 (thin) 



panao (ben) mafanafana 



Ma. onahana, 

 warm 



These are simply participles or verbal adjectives, and 

 correspond to the Semitic participles or verbal adjectives, 

 formed from the active or passive voice of the verb, by 

 prefixing ni. In Ma., mahana is an adjective, " warm ; " 

 in Tahiti, it is a noun, signifying " the sun," " a day." 



d. The Fa. like the Mod. Syr., makes little use of the 

 passive, and like the Mod. Syr. can only express it usually 

 by a periphrasis. 



§ 12. The Verbal Nouns. 



a. The verbal noun suffix, ana, an. 



In Mg, My., Fa., and Sam., a verbal noun is formed by 

 suffixing to the verb n, an, ana ; this in Sam. and Ma. -Ha., 

 has been corrupted to nga, anga. This verb may have 

 suffixed to it a transitive particle, before taking the verbal 

 noun particle ; thus My. ininuon, has the transitive particle 



