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APPENDIX B. 



i) ^usl^ Ju^u^ 



1. From the examples given in this glossary (which was completed 

 after the paper was already in print) ir would seem possible to make Rule 

 (5)(d) more definite as t<> whether or not the ulij should he inserted in ;i 

 closed final syllable having the a sound, on the addition of a suffix commenc- 

 ing with a vowel. It appears that the Malays usually insert the ulif when 

 the la>t consonant of the root is vJLj <>r o hut nut otherwise, unless the 

 stress in distinctly on that syllable. Thus : 



*\^j ^*Vf ^l^jT ^fcWj *u ^Vv; j\& ^j 



o*\±J* o*\j£ d>\*£* o*^ 



Roots ending in O and o which are exceptions to this rule are : 



The following arc examples of roots ending in other consonants, the 

 derivatives beins written without alif: 



£?)*M o~**j o^^lA^ 3 Cr^. 0~*& 



But the following have the accent on the la>t syllable of the root and 

 take alij : 



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