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CHANGES IX MALAYAN DIALECTS. 



Metathesis.* 



rusa — deer. 



pateri — borax. 



makan — eat. 



ular — snake. 



mose — star — Erromango 



North, 

 tuboh — body, 

 semut — ant. 

 tikns — art 

 tiruah — tin., 

 ntan — jungle, 

 kilat — lightning, 

 besok — to-morrow, 

 ikan — fish, 

 talinga — ear. 

 dara — blood, 

 liva — lightning — Fiji. 

 unuma — drink — Eij i . 

 lidah — tongue. 

 raano — bird — Lariki. 

 nianu— water — Bonton. 

 dikit — small — Batchian. 

 naraka — hell. 



ursa — Battak. 

 parti — Battak. 

 kuman — Dyak. 

 ural — Sea Dyak. 

 umse — Espiritu Santo. 



mbutuh — ]N"ias Islands, 

 sitom — Bulud Opie. 

 sikut— Bulud Opie. 

 mital — Bulud Opie. 

 tuan — Kian Dyak. 

 latiga — Samoe. 

 suwog — Dusun. 

 kina — Sanguir. 

 tangina — Sida. 

 ratta — Tap. 

 uila. 



umni — Aneiteum . 

 dilah — Sulu. 

 namo— Gralela, 

 namo- Tenia te. 

 kedi — Salayer. 

 ranaka— Bugis. 



* [ Instances of metathesis are common enough in the Malay language 

 itself. The following are examples : — 



beting — a sand or mud-bank. tebing — bank, edge. 



ha mpas— refuse Cf. hampa empty.) mmpali — rubbish, dirt. 



tara — flat, level. rata — flat, level. 



tebal — thick. lebat — thick, heavy, (of rain or a crop of fruit). 



oloh — to mock, deride, pretend. Ian- ah — to say or do a thing in fun 



or sport. 

 lemuhut and mehtkut — broken grains of rice. 

 rahit and arhit — a raft. 

 saluar ard sarual — trousers. 

 fdlau and arlav — a smelting furnace. 



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