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ON THE COMPARATIVE ETYMOLOGY 



ground, earth. In a similar manner we may derive Ger. hiigel, and A. S. hill, from Ger. 

 hoch, Du. hoog (E. huge), A. S. hih, and ilg. 



114. Kon, to sing. Cfr. Chin., Sans., can, to sound : Lat., cano. Sec Akorj. 



115. Kuru. — Ku, to die, to terminate, to be blunt or dull : ra, to perish, to dissipate: ru, 

 to be lean. Cfr. Chin., ko, inclined to sleep: Gr., x&pa. 



116. Le, to be strong, healthy, to lay upon: mbc, wa (= ba?), to be: bi, to be, to beget: 

 Cfr. Goth., A. S., liban; Ger., leben; Chin., leg, to arrange in order: leih, strength : we, 

 to be: Gr., Uyuj. 



117. Le, to be sluggish, lazy. Cfr. Chin., Ian, lan-to (M. 6905) ; Lat., lentus; Ger. lass. 



118. Lo, lukewarm. Cfr. Chin., 15, loc, to bum; A. S., vlaco; Ger., lau. 



119. L5, lu, to strike, to play a stringed instrument, to beat a drum. Cfr. Ger., lautc; 

 Eng., lute. 



120. M, "the sign of continuance or permanence;" ma, an auxiliary particle, conveying 

 the idea of continued action. Cfr. Lat., manco. The verb mbg, to be, denotes existence abso- 

 lutely or permanently, like the existence of God. The derivative connection that lias 

 already been pointed out between ni, m, and 9, to be (v. Emi, § 75), shows an analogy with 

 the idiom of the Dakota language, in which "verbs signifying to be arc repeated to denote 

 continuance." — Riggs, p. 53. 



121. Mah, not. Cfr. Eg., am. See E, § 74. 



122. Makari, compasses. See Ka, § 106. 



123. Mmvii, two (= m<5, again, edzi, two); agbedcmedzi, the middle, midst (= a that which, 

 gbe, makes, dc mii, to bind to, e, that which, dzi, is distant or separated). Cfr. Sans., madhya, ; 

 Gr., /leaidios, vera ; Lat., medius, dimiilium ; Goth., midja; A. S., middcl. Webster's con- 

 jecture of an alliance between middle, meet, nerd, &c, appears to be justified and explained 

 by this analysis. The natural lapse of the di into Aii, is exemplified in the Yoruba pre- 

 position di, from, = dzi, to be distant, and da, d«i, to break. The Sans, dvi, dvau«, two 

 (Chin., tuy, a pair, M. 11,443), may be compounded of di, from, and wo, to go. 



124. Ms, to be light (as day), to shine, to be clear, to know, to understand. Cfr. morning. 

 See Egbera, § 81. 



125. Ni. — Cfr. Gr., poet, hi; Dak., en. 



126. NiHA, NiKUSA; ni, in: ha, to be narrow, croioded: ka, ko, to gather, to collect: se, 

 to shut a door, to close up, s'a, to collect. Cfr. A. S., neb, neah; Ger., nalie, nach; Eng., 

 nigh; W., nig, narrow. 



127. Ore. — Cfr. ri, to see: Eg., iri, eye. 



128. Oro. — Cfr. ro, to stand erect, to excite: Gr., Spot, Spat. 



129. O, 0, I ? Mah, not. Cfr. Chin., wc, wei, woo, me, mci, mo, Gr., irf, 06. The xin 

 obx, may be equivalent to Yor. ko, Dak. ka, not. 



