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Mi, 'this': S, ®<i> [me']. 



Male, malu, 'flower': S. ©($ [mala}. 



Mudu, 'sea': S. [muda]. 



BaJtas, forms compound with bode (q. v.): probably = S. dsgd [rakus], 

 * demon.' 



Ronu, ' coir': S. c££5 [rena], 1 string,' ( cord.' 



Liame. lie, 'hav. written,' p. part, of liyan, - correct form liyd, Uyafd 

 (Male)— S. (Jc33 [liyd']; me (in liyame) perhaps = S. © [ma], intensive affix, 

 Lein, 'with blood': S. [leyin]. 

 Vara, ? See above, olun. 

 Valie, 'knife.' Cf. Malay pisau vali. 



Vdhaka, ' words'— vdhaka- da kkan (Male) ' to talk.' Cf. S. 2b.SS5s [vdkya]. 

 See above, olun. 



Vd, 'left-hand': S. [vamd]. AtMaliku (Minakai) written vdi or vdtu, 

 Vvmdi, lit..' there having been (3 days).' Cf. use of S. [veld]. 

 Hanulaigen, iprQS. part. ' sharpening': S. en<^o [hana], 'whet-stone,' Q^^i 

 [lagana], 'placing; <33aCS)^o [gdgana], 'rubbing,' used instead. 

 Hik1tai, i hav. dried,' p. part, of hikan 'to dry.' Cf. Pali sukka. 

 Huswdden, adv. ' from beginning to end. Cf. S. [hisva], ' empty.'*] 



* Many words occurring in these mantras differ entirely from their 

 equivalents given by Christopher in his " Vocabulary of the Maldivian 

 Language" (J. R. A, 3., Vol. VI. o. s., pp. 42-76), probably compiled at 

 Male. The dialect of Huvadu and Addd Atols approaches Sinhalese more 

 closely than that of the rest of the group lying to the North. 



