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of the same suffixed as emphatics, as in tlie Numerals, to 

 which we now add, completing the list thus : — 



1. Yap. tuv, An. moijeuv, star. 



2. Epi vario, moon ; Mota mated, eye. 



3. My. alas (Mg. ala), forest. 



4. M}^ layao' (Tag. layug), sail. 



5. Mg., My. volana, bulan, moon. 



6. Rotti bulak, moon. 



7. Sumatra hulet, moon. 



b. The same may now be shown with the Personal 

 Pronouns thus : — 



Prefixed. 



1. Tah. ovau, Ma. tvau, I, Tah. vera, they. 



2. Tanna iau, Fiji koi au (ko i au), I. 



3. Mg. izaho, I, Tag. siya, he. 



4. Sumatra o^ehu, New Guinea lait, I (IV., § 4, L). 



5. Torres Islands inavj, Santo nau, I. 



6. Sam. 'ou (for koku), Fa. kinau, I. 



7. New Guinea ^ai(, Negrito tiyac, I. 



POSTFIXED. 



1. Fa. komam, Mota kaniam, we. 



2. Pentecost kamai, Paama komai, My. kami, we. 



3. Fa. akamiis (also akam, kumv), ye. 



4. Mallicolo aiinru, ye (but 'jn^ compares with '' 9'eo " 



in Mg. anareo, probably). 



5. Fiji kemuni, ye. 



6. Torres Islands noke (for nauke), I. 



7. Duke of York onuat, ye. 



c. The Fatese articles are n, with vowel before or after, as 

 in, ni, or n-a, the common article, and e which is more rare, 

 and the indefinite articles, te (=rany, whatever), and sikei, 

 " one," ^^ an." Used only with, names of persons, we have 

 masculine, or with names of males, ma, and feminine, or 

 with names of females, lai (le, li). 



The Malagasy articles are i, ra, and ny (pronounced as 

 Fa. ni), of which i and ra are used only with proper names, 

 and ny is the common article, and identical with Fa, ni, 

 in, na. The indefinite is iray, '' one, " an." 



