82 THE EVOLUTION OF MALAY SPELLING. 



These and a few Arabic words such as 



dunia ultima hukama 



are the only ones which by the rules of Arabic orthography will 

 allow a final alif. In modern Malay, however, the following; 

 forms are common : — 



ara antara bawa bichara bila buta balnea dua Jala 



\) \ju\ \ji. \j\f- % by \^ \^ sw 



jawa jua kola kota kuda lada lnulia pala perl ara pinta roda 

 sabda sahya sedia sigra setia tar a tanda tua 



\ju~ W- Iju- \jC U- \^ \aj \y 



This spelling will not be found in these ancient MSS. It is there- 

 fore very evident that in this respect the Malay has a tendency 

 to depart from the strict Arabic spelling of former times. Such 

 words as the following, on the other hand, continue to be spelt 

 without the final alif: — 



oda anyaya apa apabila bapa biasa bhiasa daya dia hambu ia 



j\ i^LiV U>\ J.~l\ wJ\* (j-U ^-b (j\^ ^J s-*& fj\ 



jiha kacha Lata Icaya kerja kuasa lama niata inasa manusia inula 

 ^>-^C >lX> <£& T/ u^f (^ °^ lA* lS^^ a J^* 

 nama pada puasa pula raja rasa rupa serta suara suka sagala tauya 



f l; A* ^ J J ^j v*\j J^j }j~ )y. £y~ JC ^li 



(3) In the old Malay MSS. the weak letters «///, wttM and 

 i/a are not used in the middle of a closed syllable to lengthen 

 the vowel sound, except in words of Arabic origin, such as : — 



