256 H. L. St. Barbe — Pali Derivations in Burmese. [No. 4, 



kku (milakkho), niriya (niraya), magha (magha), naga (naga), akhobhani 

 (akkkohini), kambulwe (kambulo). 



II. It was abbreviated, 



(«.) if tbe penultimate vowel was " a" or " i" and tbe last consonant 

 uncompounded, by cbanging the vowel into " ui" and dropping tbe termi- 

 nation. 



E. g. phuil (phalam), buil (balam), gruib (graha), naguiy (nagaram), 

 makuit (makata), rakkbuik (rakkbaka), guin : (gana), kasuin (kasiiia), 

 karuin (karanam), ganuin (kananam ?), samuin (samanna ?). But kuiy 

 (kaya) is an exception. 



" T" was occasionally cbanged into " k." 



E. g. cbaruik (cbarita), amruik (amrita.) 



(b.) I£ the penultimate vowel was neither " a" nor " i," or if the last 

 consonant was a compound, the final vowel or syllable was dropped. 



JE. g. adhippay (adhippaya), apay (apayo), dan (danda), dat (datu), 

 upacba, (upachara), upade (upadesa), alin (alinda), kannamu (kannamulam), 

 chhan : (chhanda), dhutan (dhuttanga), pullan (pnllanko), nimit, (nimit- 

 tam), kum (kumbha), van (vamsa), ekan (ekamsa), kan (kanna). 



N. B. In " jani" (janika) and chheti (cbbetiyam) tbe i has been leng- 

 thened to allow the operation of this rule. 



Occasionally the vowel was shortened. 



E. g. nam (nama), yam (yama,), amat (amatya), dan (damam), bhum 

 (bhumi), atit (atitam). 



2. In some cases more than one syllable is dropped. 



E. g. upad (upadanam), byan : (byanjanam), navarat (navaratanam), 

 pitakat (pitakattayaip.). 



3. " o" is cbanged into " u" in the words — 

 anulum (anuloma), ujdus (uposatha), alup (alopa). 



4. The vowel is lengthened in the words — 

 tii (tula), ku (guha), va (vassam). 



5. A penultimate y is often changed into fi or e. 



[As a final, n has 3 sounds in Burmese, the first nearly corresponding 

 to " i," the second to " e," the 3rd (with an anusvara) to " in."] 



E. g. nan (naya), pachchan (pachchaya), vinaii (vinaya), nare (niraya), 

 sahe (sahaya). 



6. The letters n (with an anusvara), n and u are often employed 

 anomalously. 



E. g. jan (jana), abbinan (abhiiina), upamaii (upamanam), uyyan: 

 (uyyanam), sabbaii (sabha), bhavan (bhava), maggan* (magga), agum 



* Dr. Judson derives maggan from magganga. This appears nnnecessary and 



erroneous. 



