The Pronominals. 



3 



§ 2. Comparison. 



a. The Semitic demonstrative elements, exactl}^ corres- 

 ponding to the above as they do, may be thus given : — 



] 



For these see Dilhxian, Eth. Gr,, 

 §§ 02-65. 



3 and 7 were originally the 

 same. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 

 6. 

 7. 



Note. 



ona. 

 u, i, a. 

 s, z. 

 al, la. 

 an, na 

 lea. 

 t, d. 



For 1, "ina, this, see Sayce, Assy. Gram., p. CO. This r)ia 

 appears as the interrogative, &c., in all the Semitic, and in 

 all our four Oceanic dialects. 



6. These seven demonstrative elements are also heaped 

 together in the Semitic dialects for emphasis, exactly as in 

 the Oceanic, thus : — 



Semitic. 



Heb. him, hia, see I., § 2.: 



Eth. uHu, Tig. ete 



Chald. den, dena. 



Chald. del; Arb. daka 



Chald. diken 



Chald. hanak 



Chald. hen. Assy, annu 



Talmud inhu 



Tig. nesu 



Tig. nate 



Syr. horko (here) 



Assy, ullu 



Eth. elekit, Amh. elehe, pi. 



Eth. elu, pi. 



Heb. eleJi, pi. 



Eth. elekuetu, eleketu, pi. 



Eth. elontu, pi. 



Chald. Hen, pi. 



Eth. ze, Heb. zeh 



Assy, su'atu 



Assy, naga, 'aga 



Assy, 'agannu, 'aganna 



Assy, 'agassu 



Oceanic. 

 Sam. ia, Malay iya (for ia), 



Tongan aia. 

 Mg. ity, My. itu 

 Tah tena, Mg. itony 

 Santa Cruz deka, Santo itugu 

 Yanua Lava tigen 

 Santo oieka, naka 

 Mg. iiiy, My. ini. Fa. in, 



na, ne 

 Fa. inea, My. inia 

 Fa. nis 

 Fa. netu 

 Fa. erik (this) 

 Mg. aroa, Fa. arai 

 Mg. ilehy, sing, and pi. 

 Mg. ireo, pi. 



Tanna iraha, ilia, ila, pi. 

 Mg. iroakcdra, irikitra, sing. 

 Mg. ireto, pi. 

 Mg. ireny, pi. 

 Fa. se 

 Mg. izato 



Lakon iheog, Java ika 

 Norbarbar gene, Fa. ^'i??, 

 Fa. kis 



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