24 THE FORMATION OF WORDS. 
while the proper word when speaking of natural flames would 
be shy berapi. 
To this class belong expressions such as 
ee parang, long knife, re 4 parang-parang, a fish 
resemblingit. (¢ AG pari, rayfish, Tis. pari-pari, a ving of 
rotan resembling in shape that of the ray. 
Many words are now found in reduplications only, which 
may possibly belong to the same class, though we have no 
means at hand to prove it. Such words are [ Os kanak-kanak, 
Tw sida-sida and many others, while in many cases references 
to other languages help us to place the words under this group. 
Such a word is TS laki-laki, manhood, courage, male, brave, 
which cames from /aki, strong, great (so in Tagalog, in Mala- 
gasy: lehy). In Malay the single word signifies the “stronger,” 
but not the “ better ” half, the husband. 
] now append a short list of reduplications from cognate 
languages, which will show that in this respect the greatest 
similarity exists. 
Reduplications expressing similarity not identity are in 
Malagasy : 
lahy, husband, lehilahy, man, male ; 
vahy, wife, vehivahy, woman, female; 
sala, wrong, salasala, doubtful ; . 
fotsy, white, Jotsyfotsy, whitish; 
Batak: 
lahi, husband, lahilahi, maie, man; 
boru, daughter, boruboru, female, woman; 
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