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CHANGES IN MALAYAN DIALECTS. 







Rcb 



anges into 



K 



beras— rice. • 





be^as — Dyak. 





rotan — rattan. 





Aotang — Battak. 



L 



barang — thing. 





baZang — Tagala. 





rachun — poison. 





7asou — Tagala. 





ribu — thousand. 





Zibu — Tagala. 





reehik — scatter. 





/isay — Bisaya. 





rebung — a shoot. 





Zabong — Bisaya. 



8 



ribu — thousand. 





sabu — Macassar and Bugis. 





u ran — rain — Iranu u 





usan — Punan Dyak. 



T 



barang — thing. 





bo/ang — Bisaya. 



W 



bara — live coals. 





wsLioab — Java. 





reehik — scatter. 





wisik — Tagala. 



N 



purok — short — Sarawak. 



pimok — Lara. 





ratus — hundred. 





watun — Rotti. 







S changes into 



J) 



busa — foam. 





burfah — Sunda. 



R 



busa — foam. 





bura — Battak. 



L 



busa — foam. 





bu/a — Tagala. 





6-imo — man — Orang 

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" V Zimo — Orang Utan of Johor. 



T 



pisau — knife. 





pi/o — G-orontalo. 





sio — nine — Tidore. 





otio — Grorontalo. 





sulak— bald. 





tfula — Tonga. 





tasik — sea. 





tatfi — Caroline. 







T changes into 



K 



iaro yarn — Pate. 





#alo — Ilea. 





?oa fowl — Fate. 





&ua — Solomon Islands. 





fa£a-fa/a — breast — Samoa. 



va&ava/ca — Fiji. 





maia — eye. 





ma&an — Kissa. 





tfalinga — ear. 





X'ilin — Kissa. /^aleha — Enganho 



L 



£angan — hand. 





Zungan — Sibnow. 





puiih — white. 





fuZa — Rotti. 



s 



ma^a — eye. 





inaso — Malagasi. 





pufih — white. 





bus — My sol. 



