114 SOME OLD MALAY MSS. 
a Ml ye 5 5 ae S ls, od 2 NS Ses 
area 2 als s\\ coh eal Vk Sse evs a ce 
Ate er \ adel as eae aS ae es oe AS \y pats 
2 =— 
ASR Spy lt ol ea food pce I ee 
Mogg cel oN p gy) Mehh oy, Ta ool 5 
a ols is ¢> oS Lo ol >) CO 3S! Slee 
ged ay 33 , 5) aS, 3 LES all | oe. Oo \s CAG ye cle 3 
ay aU eae Ae re N> el Jal Vel, ee ee ep 
onl & Se gil rs oe eS SS e ot By, | os Sy 
oe AN aye ‘assi Sachs Sigh 
SiS» CST Hse ses sae ae Laie 
ge Be ol J Sido p42) >! eae 2S 
aS Stole “SS” Sas 2 la aS So. ieee ee 
4, The letter nya written with three dots below and one above seems to be 
peculiar to this letter, and is probably only a freak of the European 
copyist. Sometimes the dot above is omitted. 
The spelling of the words suka-hati-nya memert kamu jaa and other 
similar forms, should be compared with the more modern system of spell- 
ing now in use on the Malay Peninsula. The spelling in this letter is 
very much more similar to the method of spelling used by the Arabs 
than the modern Malay SESE ; which is what one would naturally 
expect. 
6. In this letter most of the words of Sanskrit origin are spelt, as in that 
language, with a shin, whereas they are nowadays spelt with. szn, 
though occasionally even now the shin is retained. Compare the 
Sanskrit manusha, manushya : 
In Javanese the word daténg is spelt with the dotted dal, 
In modern Malay arta is usually spelt harta, but the Sanskrit is artha. 
Sangka is used here, and again lower down, in the sense of being suspici- 
ous, which is the primary meaning in Sanskrit. 
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